Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Whooping Crane
Grus americana
- mistis
- 56 km/h
- Terancam punah
Once down to 21 birds, now slowly recovering. Every message carries the weight of survival.
- Populasi
- ~830 total individuals as of 2025 (~560 in the migratory Wood Buffalo–Aransas flock, ~140 in reintroduced populations, ~130 in captivity); 50–249 mature individuals with an increasing trend (~4.2%/yr over 20 years, up from a low of 15 adults in 1938)
- Habitat
- Prairie wetlands, shallow lakes/ponds, willow marshes and mudflats for breeding; coastal brackish wetlands for wintering
- Fakta menarik
- The Whooping Crane's windpipe is roughly 1.5 m long and coils into its sternum like a trumpet, letting its whooping call carry for miles across marshland.
- Sebaran
- Breeds in Wood Buffalo National Park (Northwest Territories/Alberta, Canada); winters at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and nearby Texas coast; migrates through the Great Plains (e.g. Nebraska's Platte River); smaller reintroduced non-migratory/migratory populations in Wisconsin-Florida and Louisiana
- Makanan
- Omnivorous, more carnivorous than most cranes: crustaceans, mollusks, fish, small reptiles, rodents/voles, frogs, insects (e.g. grasshoppers), plus aquatic plants, acorns, berries and waste grain
- Ukuran
- 1,4 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,13 m
- Masa hidup
- 25 tahun
