Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India- September 7, 2013: Mom Sarus Crane, Grus Antigone with one week old chick, at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India- September 7, 2013: Mom Sarus Crane, Grus Antigone (Linnaeus) with her chick at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The sarus crane Grus Antigone (Linnaeus) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to m ( ft). The sarus crane is easily distinguished from other cranes in the region by the overall grey colour and the contrasting red head and upper neck. They forage on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans and small vertebrate prey. Like other cranes, they form long-lasting pairbonds and maintain territories within which they perform territorial and courtship displays that include loud trumpeting, leap and dance-like movements. In India they are considered symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for life and pine the loss of their mates even to point of starving to death.
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Location: Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Photo credit: © Anil Sharma / Alamy / Afripics
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