Cranes in North America

Southwicks Zoo keeps Grey-crowned Cranes.

 

Minnesota keeps Demoiselle Crane.

 

Although I’ve yet to see them on exhibit.

 

Toronto might not have a pure grey crowned crane. Our single male, Huck, could potentially be a mix of grey and black. The zoo has been uninterested in doing the genetic testing necessary to prove him out one way or the other and get him either a social companion or a new mate.

 

What makes you think the bird is a hybrid?

 

I don't know what the story as to why he is a suspected hybrid. I assume somewhere up his family tree a black crowned crane was kept in an exhibit with grey crowned cranes so a mistake could have happened. Was it his parents? Grandparents? Further back? Not a clue. I do know the SSP has suggested to the zoo that they test his DNA to confirm if he is a hybrid or not so they can make an appropriate recommendation for him. Its been at least 4 years since I learned there is a genetic question and until his former mates death he was with a very valuable female. If it were me, especially while the female was alive, I would have done the test in hopes that I could breed them or ship him off and get her suitable mate or ship her off to a suitable mate and get him a friend. I'm the type who would want to know one way or the other. Just like we have a group of penguins who could be African/Humboldt hybrids. I want to know so they can be placed in a non breeding colony or put back into the breeding population.

 

Brevard doesn't list stanley cranes on their website. Idk if they are BTS or just not in the collection.

 

Beardsley has white naped cranes

 

Update:

Balearica

Gray-crowned Crane (84 holders)

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Abilene
African Lion Safari
African Safari Wildlife Park
Africam Safari
Alameda Park
Ararat Ridge
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
Keystone Safari
Lee Richardson
Lincoln Children’s
Lion County Safari
Little Rock
Living Desert
Living Treasures Animal Park
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Mesker Park
Metro Richmond
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Nashville
Oklahoma City
Pana’ewa Rainforest
Parc Safari
Pueblo
Reid Park
Rolling Hills
Safari North Wildlife Park
Safari West
San Antonio
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
San Francisco
Santa Fe Teaching
Scovill
Six Flags Great Adventure
Southwicks
St Louis
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Tiger World
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Toledo
Topeka
Toronto (hybrid?)
Tulsa
Wildlife Safari
Wildlife World
Wildwood Wildlife Park
Willow Park
Zoofari
Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Tampa

Black-crowned Crane (34-35 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
Milwaukee
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 (4 holders)

Franklin Park
International Crane Foundation
Livingston Ripley
Tulsa


Antigone

Sandhill Crane (64 holders)

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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 Florida)
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Beardsley (spp tabida)
Big Bear Alpine
Birmingham (spp Florida)
Bramble Park (spp Florida)
Brandywine
Brevard (spp Florida)
Brookgreen Gardens (spp Florida)
Buttonwood Park (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
Navajo Nation
NEW
Ochsner Park (spp Florida)
Oklahoma City (spp Florida)
Palm Beach (spp Florida)
Parc Safari (spp Florida)
Pocatello
Queens
Safari Niagara (spp Florida)
Safari North Wildlife Park
San Antonio
Salisbury (spp Florida)
Seneca Park (spp Florida)
Stone (spp Florida)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Texas (spp rowani)
Tracy Aviary
White Oak (pulla)
Wildwood
Wildwood Wildlife Park
Willow Park (tabida)
World Bird Sanctuary (tabida)
ZooAmerica
Zoo-Sauvage (spp Florida)
Zoo Tampa (spp Florida)

White-naped Crane (33 holders)

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

Sarus Crane (26 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)
Metro Richmond
Montgomery (spp antigone)
Safari Niagara
Safari West (spp sharpii)
San Antonio (ssp antigone)
St Louis (spp antigone)
Virginia
Wildlife World (spp sharpii)
Wildwood Wildlife Park
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 (27-28 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 North Wildlife Park
Safari West
San Antonio
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Sedgwick County
St. Louis
Virginia
Wildlife World
Wildwood Wildlife Park
Zoo Atlanta

Demoiselle Crane (37 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
Memphis
Metro Richmond
Minnesota
Montgomery
National Aviary
Natural Bridge
Palm Beach
Pinola Conservancy
Prospect Park
Riverbanks
Safari North Wildlife Park
Safari West
San Antonio
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
SeaWorld San Diego
Sedgwick County (bts)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Toledo
Tulsa
Virginia
Wildlife World
Wildwood Wildlife Park
Woodland Park
Zoo-Sauvage
Zoo Tampa


Grus

Red-crowned Crane (26 holders)

Birmingham
Bramble Park
Bronx
Catoctin
Capron Park
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas
Detroit
Fossil Rim
Granby
Hemker
Idaho Falls
International Crane Foundation
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
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 (16 holders)

Abilene
Audubon Species Survival Center
Audubon
Calgary
Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park
International Crane Foundation
Jacksonville
Milwaukee
National
NEW
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 (3-4 holders)

Bronx
International Crane Foundation
Stone
Sylvan Heights Bird Park?

 

This is impressive! Good job @Great Argus

 

I don’t believe San Antonio still has Sarus Crane, they left in 2020. I believe there current crane lineup on-exhibit is sandhill, whooping, demoiselle, hooded, grey-crowned, black-crowned, and blue. I believe they may have a few more cranes off display, but they are pretty tight lipped about that.

 

I thought Disney's Animal Kingdom had Sarus Crane not White-naped Crane?

 

Brevard doesn’t list blue crane on their website so they may be gone

 

Dallas also has whooping cranes at their off-site facility in Mesquite, TX.

 

I don’t think Omaha has Wattled.

 

Actually, Safari West has a female of the nominate species A. a. antigone. I recall a conversation with an aviculture friend that the nearly all the Sarus cranes are the nominate Indian subspecies. I can post pictures to prove it. The nominate has a white collar around the neck whereas subspecies sharp lacks it; sharpii is also shorter and has a more redder face.

I read somewhere that over 70% of all grey crowned-cranes kept under human care are the East African subspecies (B. r. gibbericeps). How you can tell the East African from the nominate is the red to white ratio on the cheeks. The East African has more red above the white whereas the nominate has a smaller, narrower strip of it.

It has been my observation so far that the subspecies of black crowned-crane represented in the United States are the nominate subspecies. Like with its grey cousin, you can tell the subspecies apart by looking at the red to white ratio on the cheeks. However, with black crowned-cranes, the nominate subspecies has an even amount of red and white whereas what I will refer to as the Sudanian (B. c. ceciliae) has a larger amount of red than white.

Oh! Sacramento Zoo has a pair of West African (nominate) black crowned-cranes.

Fresno Chaffee has an East African grey crowned-crane as part of their bird show but not as a display bird.

 

Do you know if it's true that ICF keeps A. a. gilliae?

 

I do not know. I've never been at the International Crane Foundation but I believe I know someone who has connections over there. I'll have to ask.

 

DAK keeps Sarus Crane.

DAK Lodge keeps Gray Crowned Crane and Blue Crane (and I don't think DAK itself does for either species but I very well could be wrong).

 

DAK Lodge has one of the Crowned Crane species in its bird show (I think it was Grey Crowned, but possibly Black)