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One of the rarest North American birds, and also one of the largest and most magnificent. Once fairly widespread on the northern prairies, Show more. Conservation Statistics. 3Available Maps. 2Related Links. Whooping Crane. Grus americana. Species Migration.
In 2023, there are approximately 506 Whooping Cranes in the wild migratory flock that breed in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada and winter at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. An additional 296 birds are in captivity or part of reintroduction efforts in eastern North America.
20 Φεβ 2018 · The only self-sustaining and wild population of Whooping Cranes nests at and near Wood Buffalo National Park near the provincial border of Northwest Territories and Alberta, Canada. Birds from this population migrate through the Great Plains of North America and winter along the Gulf Coast of Texas at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and ...
6 Σεπ 2016 · Here, Teitelbaum and colleagues show that the experiences of older whooping cranes are important for generating new population-level migration behaviours in response to changes in the...
Whooping cranes spend the winter from November to March along the Gulf coast of Texas at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Each spring from late March to late April, the cranes migrate to their breeding grounds in northern Canada at Wood Buffalo National Park and remain there from May through September.
Migration. Medium-distance migrant or resident. One population migrates on its own from Canada to Texas. A reintroduced population (Wisconsin - Florida) migrates with the guidance of ultralight aircraft. The other two reintroduced populations (Florida and Louisiana) are nonmigratory.
Migration Facts • Whooping cranes migrate as individuals, pairs, family groups and small flocks (5-12 individuals). • Whooping cranes use the Platte River area as a stopover, spending 2-3 days to rest and feed. • On occasion, one or two individual whooping cranes will be observed migrating with flocks of sandhill cranes. These cranes tend
