Explore the stunning beauty and challenges of the East African crowned crane, Uganda's national symbol, facing habitat loss and a declining population. Manfred considering petition to have Rose ...

The crested crane, a symbol on Uganda's coat of arms, will be a bird worth seeing, especially for those coming to Uganda for the first time. The crested crane is a bird that many would love to ...

Looking at the gray crowned crane, it's not difficult to see why it appears at the center of Uganda's flag. Thin spikes that look like a golden crown cover the bird's head. Its feathers ...

Also known as grey-crowned cranes, the birds are predominantly found in Uganda but are also in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Its beauty and elegance were the reasons the Crane was chosen as Uganda’s national emblem but the destruction of its habitat, and a series of factors, is making it an endangered bird.

The national bird of Uganda is the Crested Crane. It is present on the flag, Coat of Arms, national airline, football team and is the name for some banks, schools, hotels, streets, institutions ...

Habitat loss, climate change and human actions have led to a steep decline in the population of the grey crowned crane. Now efforts are underway to help it survive and thrive.

The decline in global numbers is attributed to habitat loss and the illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild over three generations. In Uganda, threats to grey-crowned cranes include ...

But for farmers in western Uganda, where the cranes mostly hang out, that fear has dissipated and often it is only conservationists who appear to know about the ban on killing them. “I really don’t ...