Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone
- selestial
- 90 km/h
- Rentan
The tallest bird that still takes to the sky, and the one Indian villages tell their children mates for life. Pairs return to the same fields year after year.
- Populasi
- approx. 15,000-17,500 mature individuals (~16,000): South Asian subspecies ~10,500, Southeast Asian subspecies 400-600, Australian subspecies 3,000-5,000
- Habitat
- Open freshwater wetlands, marshes, and rice paddies/agricultural fields in South Asia; seasonally flooded Dipterocarpus forests in Southeast Asia; eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands near wetlands in northern Australia
- Fakta menarik
- The Sarus Crane is the tallest flying bird in the world, standing up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall.
- Sebaran
- Indian subcontinent (largest population in Uttar Pradesh, India), Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam), and northern Australia; extirpated from the Philippines (luzonica subspecies, extinct by late 1960s), Malaysia, Pakistan (absent since late 1980s), and largely absent from Thailand outside reintroduction efforts
- Makanan
- Omnivorous - insects (especially grasshoppers), aquatic plants, tubers, corms, fish, frogs, crustaceans, seeds, and cultivated grains
- Ukuran
- 1,8 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,35 m
- Masa hidup
- 20 tahun
