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Basic facts about Wattled Crane: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
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Wattled cranes are highly dependent on wetland habitats for reproduction and survival. Wetlands are usually exploited for agricultural development, irrigation projects, hydroelectricity sources, mining areas, and more.
This wetland-dependent African crane species is vulnerable to habitat degradation and climate change. AWF's conservation efforts help protect the wattled crane.
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.
Wattled Cranes in Ethiopia are distributed across the Rift Valley wetlands of Archuma, Boyo, Chuche, and Wachinco, the Bale Mountains, and in the Jimma and Kefa Zones, all south of Addis Ababa, and alongside Lake Tana in the north west of the country (Tadele 2015).
Wattled cranes inhabit fairly inaccessible wetlands under most conditions. It requires shallow marsh-like habitats with a good deal of sedge-based vegetation. All cranes are omnivorous. The principal food of the wattled crane is mainly aquatic eating the tubers and rhizomes of submerged sedges and water lilies. It is one of the more herbivorous ...
The Wattled Crane occurs in eleven sub-Saharan countries in Africa, including an isolated population in the highlands of Ethiopia. More than half of the world’s Wattled Cranes occur in Zambia. The single largest concentration occurs in the Okavango Delta of Botswana.
