The Cranes
Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan

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Siberian cranes at Keoladeo National Park, India, by International Crane Foundation
The central population of the endangered Siberian Crane at Keoladeo National Park in India. The population contained more than 30 individuals through the early 1980's. No birds were seen on the wintering grounds in 1993-94 and 1994-95. Four individuals reappeared at Keoladeo National Park in February 1996.

Compiled by
Curt D. Meine and George W. Archibald
IUCN/SSC Crane Specialist Group

The excerpts contained here should be cited as: 

Meine, C. D., and G. W. Archibald, editors. 1996. The cranes: status survey and conservation
action plan. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, U.K. 294pp. North American Crane
Working Group Home Page. http://www.portup.com/~nacwg/cranes.htm (Version 01FEB99).

Table of Contents

Section 1: Conservation Biology of Cranes
Introduction
Evolution and Classification
An Overview of Crane Biology
Morphology
Distribution and Habitat
Behavior
Vocalizations
Diet and Foraging Behavior
Breeding
Movements
Section 2: Species Accounts
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)  
Literature

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