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  1. Great Argus

    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Graceful and popular, the cranes are widespread in captivity. As usual, no information older than June 2016 was used. Corrections and updates are welcome as always.

    Apart from the Eurasian Crane and the Brolga, most species had at least 10 holders. As expected, Gray-crowned Crane and Sandhill Crane were most common with more than 30 holders each.
     
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    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Balearica


    Gray-crowned Crane (47-48 holders)

    Abilene
    African Lion Safari
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Brookfield
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Calgary
    Cameron Park?
    Chattanooga
    Cheyenne Mountain
    Cincinnati
    Cleveland
    Columbus
    Denver
    Detroit
    Dickerson Park
    Fresno Chaffee
    Gladys Porter
    Honolulu
    Idaho Falls
    Indian Creek
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville
    Kansas City
    Lee Richardson
    Lion County Safari
    Little Rock
    Living Desert
    Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
    Los Angeles
    Louisville
    Milwaukee
    Nashville
    Oklahoma City
    Pana’ewa Rainforest
    Pueblo
    Reid Park
    Safari West
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    San Francisco
    Santa Fe Teaching
    Special Memories
    St Louis
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    Tiger World
    Topeka
    Toronto
    Tulsa
    Wildlife Safari

    Black-crowned Crane (15-18 holders)

    Audubon
    Alexandria
    Binder Park
    Brevard
    Dallas?
    Denver?
    Ellen Trout
    International Crane Foundation
    Los Angeles
    Maryland
    Omaha
    Roger Williams Park
    San Antonio?
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    San Francisco
    Sedgwick County
    St Augustine Alligator Farm
    Zoo Boise


    Leucogeranus


    Siberian Crane (3 holders)

    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Tulsa


    Antigone


    Sandhill Crane (33-34 holders)

    Abilene
    Albuquerque Biological Park
    Alexandria (spp Florida)
    Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
    Beardsley
    Brevard (spp Florida)
    Calgary
    Columbus
    Cosley
    Detroit
    Fort Worth (spp Florida)
    Great Plains
    Henry Vilas
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville (spp Florida)
    Manitowoc Lincoln Park
    Maryland
    Memphis
    Milwaukee
    NEW
    Ochsner Park
    Oklahoma City
    Queens
    Safari Niagara (spp Florida)
    San Antonio
    Salisbury? (spp Florida)
    Sedgwick County
    Special Memories
    Stone (spp Florida)
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    Tracy Aviary
    Wildwood
    World Bird Sanctuary
    ZooAmerica

    White-naped Crane (16 holders)

    Bronx
    Central Park
    Fort Worth
    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Memphis
    Oglebay’s Good
    Oklahoma City
    Omaha
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    St. Louis
    Trevor
    Utica
    Wildlife Safari
    Woodland Park
    Zoo Knoxville

    Sarus Crane (16 holders)

    African Lion Safari
    Alligator Adventure
    Blank Park
    Denver
    Fort Worth
    International Crane Foundation
    Lee Richardson
    Lion Country Safari
    Little Rock
    Los Angeles
    Safari Niagara
    Safari West
    St Louis
    Virginia
    Zoo Boise
    Zoo Miami

    Brolga (1 holder)

    International Crane Foundation


    Bugeranus


    Wattled Crane (13-14 holders)

    Albuquerque Biological Park
    Dallas
    Fort Wayne’s Children’s
    Fort Worth
    Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (offshow)
    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville
    Louisville
    NEW
    Omaha?
    St. Louis
    Toronto
    Zoo Atlanta


    Anthropoides


    Blue Crane (17 holders)

    Albuquerque Biological Park
    Brevard
    Dallas
    Gladys Porter
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville
    Lee Richardson
    Little Rock
    Nashville
    National
    Omaha
    Rosamond Gifford
    Safari West
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    St. Louis
    Virginia
    Zoo Atlanta

    Demoiselle Crane (22 holders)

    Alexandria
    Assiniboine Park
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Fort Worth
    Idaho Falls
    International Crane Foundation
    Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
    Louisville
    Maryland
    Prospect Park
    Riverbanks
    Safari West
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    SeaWorld San Diego
    Sedgwick County
    Special Memories
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    Toledo
    Tulsa
    Virginia
    Woodland Park
    Zoo Tampa


    Grus


    Red-crowned Crane (12-13 holders)

    Bronx
    Capron Park
    Cleveland
    Columbus
    Dallas
    Idaho Falls
    International Crane Foundation
    Louisville
    Palm Beach
    Roger Williams Park
    San Antonio?
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    The Wilds
    Woodland Park

    Whooping Crane (10-11 holders)

    Audubon
    Calgary
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville
    Milwaukee
    National?
    San Antonio
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    Stone
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    White Oak Conservation Center

    Common Crane (1 holder)

    International Crane Foundation

    Hooded Crane (5 holders)

    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Lee Richardson
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    Woodland Park

    Black-necked Crane (4-5 holders)

    Bronx
    International Crane Foundation
    Prospect Park
    Stone
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park?
     
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  3. ZooBinh

    ZooBinh Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Tampa has Sandhills and Cincinnati has Red-Crowned.
     
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  4. Kudu21

    Kudu21 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I have bolded new collections and highlighted in red those that I could not personally confirm.
     
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    wally war eagle Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Florida's Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park hosts whooping cranes and sandhill cranes.
     
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    Gray-crowned also kept by Minnesota, Timbavati Wildlife Park, and Grant's Farm.

    Special Memories claims they keep Blue Crane, but I am unsure of this.

    @Kudu21 I can personally confirm the following on your "unconfirmed" list:

    Special Memories does keep Gray-Crowned Crane.
    Special Memories does keep Sandhill Crane.
    World Bird Sanctuary does keep Sandhill Crane
    Special Memories does keep Demoiselle Crane.
     
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  7. Great Argus

    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Wow, a lot of new information there, thanks! How do you have all that information?

    Also curious, when did Oregon get Wattled Crane? And are SDZ Safari Park's offshow do you know? Curious since I've been to both within the last two years and never saw Wattled.
     
  8. Birdlover

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    Buttonwood Park Zoo also has Sandhill Cranes
     
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  9. Hyak_II

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    African lion Safari has a pair each of sarus and sandhill, and a couple of grey crowned.

    I'm not a zoo but I have grey crowned as well :p
     
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    Should we have a listing for "Hyak_II's Collection" in these threads? :p
     
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    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    While I'm avoiding listing private collections like Hyak_ll's for the sake of difficulty in locating accurate information on the majority of them, doesn't make them any less interesting! I understand Hyak has a pretty impressive collection! :)
     
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    Gray-crowned Crane (77 holders)

    Abilene
    African Lion Safari
    African Safari Wildlife Park
    Africam Safari
    Alameda Park
    Baton Rouge
    Blank Park
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Bright’s
    Bronx
    Brookfield
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Caldwell
    Calgary
    Cameron Park
    Chattanooga
    Cheyenne Mountain
    Cincinnati
    Cleveland
    Columbus
    Cougar Mountain
    Dallas
    Denver
    Detroit
    Dickerson Park
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Fresno Chaffee
    Gladys Porter
    Granby
    Grant’s Farm
    Great Plains
    Honolulu
    Idaho Falls
    Indian Creek
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville
    Kansas City
    Lee Richardson
    Lincoln Children’s
    Lion County Safari
    Little Rock
    Living Desert
    Living Treasures Animal Park
    Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
    Los Angeles
    Louisville
    Mesker Park
    Milwaukee
    Minnesota
    Nashville
    Oklahoma City
    Pana’ewa Rainforest
    Parc Safari
    Pueblo
    Reid Park
    Rolling Hills
    Safari West
    San Antonio
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    San Francisco
    Santa Fe Teaching
    Scovill
    Six Flags Great Adventure
    Special Memories
    St Louis
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    Tiger World
    Timbavati Wildlife Park
    Toledo
    Topeka
    Toronto
    Tulsa
    Wildlife Safari
    Wildlife World
    Willow Park
    Zoofari
    Zoo Tampa

    Black-crowned Crane (33-34 holders)

    African Safari Wildlife Park
    Audubon
    Alexandria
    Binder Park
    Birmingham
    Brevard
    Columbus
    Dallas
    Denver?
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Ellen Trout
    Fort Wayne
    International Crane Foundation
    Lehigh Valley
    Los Angeles
    Louisiana Purchase Gardens
    Maryland
    Memphis
    Montgomery
    Natural Encounters
    Naples
    Omaha
    Potawatomi
    Roger Williams Park
    Rolling Hills
    Roosevelt Park
    San Antonio
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    San Francisco
    Sedgwick County
    St Augustine Alligator Farm
    Tracy Aviary
    Zoo Boise
    Zoo Miami

    Leucogeranus

    Siberian Crane (3 holders)

    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Tulsa

    Antigone

    Sandhill Crane (63 holders)

    Abilene (spp Florida)
    Africam Safari (spp Florida)
    African Lion Safari (1.1)
    Albuquerque Biological Park
    Alexandria (spp Florida)
    Audubon Species Survival Center (pulla)
    Baton Rouge (spp Floria)
    Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
    Beardsley (spp tabida)
    Big Alpine
    Birmingham (spp Florida)
    Bramble Park (spp Florida)
    Brandywine
    Brevard (spp Florida)
    Brookgreen Gardens (spp Florida)
    Buttonwood Parks (spp Florida)
    Caldwell
    Calgary
    Columbus (spp Florida)
    Cosley
    David Traylor (spp tabida)
    Detroit
    Fort Worth (spp Florida)
    Fossil Rim (spp tabida)
    Georgia Sea Turtle Center
    Gladys Porter
    Great Plains (spp Florida)
    Henry Vilas
    Henson Robinson
    Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park (spp Florida)
    Hutchison
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville (spp Florida)
    Lee Simmons (spp Florida & tabida)
    Manitowoc Lincoln Park
    Maryland
    Memphis
    Mill Mountain
    Milwaukee
    NEW
    Ochsner Park (spp Florida)
    Oklahoma City (spp Florida)
    Palm Beach (spp Florida)
    Parc Safari (spp Florida)
    Pocatello
    Queens
    Safari Niagara (spp Florida)
    San Antonio
    Salisbury (spp Florida)
    Sedgwick County
    Seneca Park (spp Florida)
    Special Memories
    Stone (spp Florida)
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    Texas (spp rowani)
    Tracy Aviary
    White Oak (pulla)
    Wildwood
    Willow Park (tabida)
    World Bird Sanctuary
    ZooAmerica
    Zoo-Sauvage (spp Florida)
    Zoo Tampa (spp Florida)

    White-naped Crane (29 holders)

    Birmingham
    Bronx
    Central Park
    Columbus
    Dallas
    Detroit
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Fort Worth
    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Jackson
    Knoxville
    Lake Superior
    Memphis
    Oglebay’s Good
    Oklahoma City
    Omaha
    Prospect Park
    Red River
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    St. Louis
    Trevor
    Turtle Back
    Utica
    Virginia
    Wildlife Safari
    Wildlife World
    Woodland Park
    Zoo Knoxville

    Sarus Crane (24 holders)

    African Lion Safari (1.1)
    Alligator Adventure
    Baton Rouge
    Blank Park
    Bright’s
    Cougar Mountain
    Denver
    Fort Worth
    International Crane Foundation
    Lee Richardson (spp antigone)
    Lion Country Safari (spp antigone)
    Little Rock
    Los Angeles (spp antigone)
    Louisville
    Mesker Park (spp antigone)
    Montgomery (spp antigone)
    Safari Niagara
    Safari West (spp sharpii)
    San Antonio (ssp antigone)
    St Louis (spp antigone)
    Virginia
    Wild World (spp sharpii)
    Zoo Boise
    Zoo Miami (spp antigone)

    Brolga (1 holder)

    International Crane Foundation


    Bugeranus

    Wattled Crane (23-24 holders)

    Albuquerque Biological Park
    Baton Rouge
    Dallas
    Fort Wayne’s Children’s
    Fort Worth
    Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (offshow)
    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Jackson
    Jacksonville
    Los Angeles
    Louisville
    NEW
    North Carolina
    Omaha?
    Oregon
    San Antonio
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    St. Catherine’s
    St. Louis
    Toronto
    White Oak
    Zoo Atlanta
    Zoo Tampa


    Anthropoides

    Blue Crane (26 holders)

    Albuquerque Biological Park
    America’s Teaching
    Birmingham
    Blank Park
    Brevard
    Bronx
    Dallas
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Gladys Porter
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville
    Lee Richardson
    Little Rock
    Mesker Park
    Nashville
    National
    Omaha
    Palm Beach
    Rosamond Gifford
    Safari West
    San Antonio
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Special Memories?
    St. Louis
    Virginia
    Wildlife World
    Zoo Atlanta

    Demoiselle Crane (32 holders)

    Africam Safari
    Alexandria
    Assiniboine Park
    Baton Rouge
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Dallas
    Fort Worth
    Idaho Falls
    International Crane Foundation
    Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
    Louisville
    Maryland
    Montgomery
    National Aviary
    Palm Beach
    Pinola Conservancy
    Prospect Park
    Riverbanks
    Safari West
    San Antonio
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    SeaWorld San Diego
    Sedgwick County
    Special Memories
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    Toledo
    Tulsa
    Virginia
    Wildlife World
    Woodland Park
    Zoo-Sauvage
    Zoo Tampa


    Grus

    Red-crowned Crane (23 holders)

    Birmingham
    Bramble Park
    Bronx
    Capron Park
    Cincinnati
    Cleveland
    Columbus
    Dallas
    Detroit
    Fossil Rim
    Granby
    Idaho Falls
    International Crane Foundation
    Louisville
    Palm Beach
    Roger Williams Park
    San Antonio
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    Sunset
    The Wilds
    Woodland Park
    Zoo-Sauvage

    Whooping Crane (14 holders)

    Audubon Species Survival Center
    Audubon
    Calgary
    Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Jacksonville
    Milwaukee
    National
    Oklahoma City
    San Antonio
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    Stone
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park
    White Oak Conservation Center

    Common Crane (2 holders)

    Assiniboine (spp grus)
    International Crane Foundation

    Hooded Crane (10 holders)

    El Paso
    Franklin Park
    International Crane Foundation
    Lee Richardson
    Louisiana Purchase Gardens
    Memphis
    Miller Park
    Oklahoma City
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
    Woodland Park

    Black-necked Crane (4-5 holders)

    Bronx
    International Crane Foundation
    Prospect Park
    Stone
    Sylvan Heights Bird Park?
     
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  13. Kudu21

    Kudu21 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    And the Abilene Zoo has announced today that they have received a pair of whooping cranes as well.
     
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    I could be wrong on this, but I believe ICF's Sarus Cranes were sourced from eggs collected in Australia.
     
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  15. Yi Qi

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    A potential update for this thread: Turda Farms, a fairly recently-opened zoo/sanctuary in Mono, Ontario has at least two grey crowned cranes according to its website.

    Turda Farms | Zoological Park
     
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    Yi Qi Well-Known Member

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    It seems Greenview Aviaries Zoo and Park in Morpeth, Ontario also has at least one grey crowned crane. I may have to visit both to get specifics.

     
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    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    San Antonio Zoo has Hooded Cranes.

    ~Thylo
     
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    metro Richmond zoo
     
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    gray-crowned crane metro Richmond zoo
     
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    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Just found out something huge that I had no idea of! ICF keeps a Sandhill x Whooping Crane hybrid bts.