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African grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) inside Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Arusha Region, Tanzania, East Africa.

African grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), seen on safari inside Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), in the southern Serengeti plains ecosystem, in Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania, East Africa. The African grey crowned crane (aka the golden crested crane, East African crane, or Kavirondo crane) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It is found in nearly all of Africa, especially in eastern and southern Africa, and is the national bird of Uganda. They're the only cranes that can roost in trees (because of a long hind toe that can grasp branches). It has a booming call which involves inflation of the red gular sac. Their breeding display involves dancing, bowing, and jumping. The IUCN listed it as endangered in 2012. Ngorongoro Crater is an inactive volcano which formerly rose up to 19,000 feet above sea level until collapsing 2 million years ago. Its crater is 2,000 feet deep with a caldera floor at 5,900 feet elevation, covering 100 square miles. The Maasai people named Ngorongoro Crater after the cowbell sound, "ngoro ngoro." In 1928, hunting was prohibited on all land within the crater rim, except the former Siedentopf farms. From 1948–2024, the native pastoralists have been increasingly disenfranchised and forcibly displaced by park authorities. UNESCO honors the NCA as a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.

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2024 Feb AFRICA: TANZANIA, KENYA, VICTORIA FALLS, TANZANIA safari
African grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), seen on safari inside Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), in the southern Serengeti plains ecosystem, in Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania, East Africa. The African grey crowned crane (aka the golden crested crane, East African crane, or Kavirondo crane) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It is found in nearly all of Africa, especially in eastern and southern Africa, and is the national bird of Uganda. They're the only cranes that can roost in trees (because of a long hind toe that can grasp branches). It has a booming call which involves inflation of the red gular sac. Their breeding display involves dancing, bowing, and jumping. The IUCN listed it as endangered in 2012. Ngorongoro Crater is an inactive volcano which formerly rose up to 19,000 feet above sea level until collapsing 2 million years ago. Its crater is 2,000 feet deep with a caldera floor at 5,900 feet elevation, covering 100 square miles. The Maasai people named Ngorongoro Crater after the cowbell sound, "ngoro ngoro." In 1928, hunting was prohibited on all land within the crater rim, except the former Siedentopf farms. From 1948–2024, the native pastoralists have been increasingly disenfranchised and forcibly displaced by park authorities. UNESCO honors the NCA as a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.
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