Whooping crane  (Grus americana)

Authentication

Authenticated (04/12/03) by Brian Johns. Whooping Crane Coordinator, Canadian Wildlife Service.
http://www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca/nature/endspecies/whooping/index.en.html

Glossary

  • Monogamous: having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
  • Omnivorous: feeding on both plants and animals.
  • Territory: area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (April, 2003)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2796&m=0
  3. CITES (April, 2003)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Global Register of Migratory Species (April, 2008)
    http://www.groms.de/
  5. Hinterland Who’s Who - Canadian Wildlife Service (November, 2003)
    http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?pid=1&id=79&cid=7
  6. Travsky, A. and Beauvais, G.P. (2004) Species Assessment for the Whooping Crane (Grus Americana) in Wyoming.Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming, USA.
  7. International Crane Foundation (April, 2008)
    http://www.savingcranes.org/species/whooping.cfm
  8. Texas Parks and Wildlife (April, 2008)
    http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/whooper/
  9. Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (November, 2003)
    http://www.bringbackthecranes.org/index.html
  10. The Cranes Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan: Whooping Crane (Grus americana) (April, 2008)
    http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/cranes/grusamer.htm
  11. Whooping Crane Conservation Association (April, 2003)
    http://www.whoopingcrane.com/index.html
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