Whooping Crane

GruiformesGruidaeEndangered

OrderGruiformes

FamilyGruidae

HabitatWetlands

RangeNorth America

Length150 cm

Wingspan230 cm

Weight7000 g

DietOmnivore

About the Whooping Crane

Tallest bird in North America at 1.5 meters. Population dropped to just 21 in 1941. Intensive conservation has brought numbers to over 800.

Fossils show nearly identical cranes 2.5 million years ago, among the oldest of living bir...