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Very scant information is available about the roles that wattled cranes play in the ecosystem. However, it is hypothesized that they may be seed dispersers. They may also expose nutrients from the bottom of the wetlands by agitating soil with their bills while foraging.
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5 Μαρ 2024 · Wattled cranes rely on wetlands and grasslands for survival – linking them to the human populations that depend on these ecosystems. Wattled cranes are the largest crane species in Africa; globally Vulnerable but Critically Endangered in South Africa and Ethiopia.
National Geographic Explorer Charles Mpofu headed into the Okavango Delta to track Wattled Cranes—a bird species key to understanding the wider ecosystem.
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The wattled crane (Grus carunculata) is a large, threatened species of crane found in wetlands and grasslands of eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. Some authorities consider it the sole member of the genus Bugeranus .
Of Africa’s crane species, the Wattled Crane is the most wetland dependent. The majority of cranes are on the large riparian wetlands and floodplains of southern Africa’s large river basins, especially
Wattled crane populations began to suffer in the 1980s, when agriculture, industrialization, and overgrazing of domestic animals significantly reduced the cranes’ wetland habitat.
