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The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) announced a nationwide All-India Sarus Crane Survey — to estimate the population baseline, map breeding and roosting strongholds, and assess collision threats to India’s tallest flying bird.
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- The world’s tallest flying bird
- India’s only resident breeding crane species
- In Indian culture, an enduring symbol of marital fidelity and lifelong companionship
- State Bird of Uttar Pradesh
- IUCN: Vulnerable
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- Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone) — the world’s tallest flying bird, up to 1.5 m tall, wingspan 2.4 m
- IUCN: Vulnerable; Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; CITES Appendix II
- State Bird of Uttar Pradesh; India’s only resident breeding crane
- Survey announced by the BNHS — founded 1883, headquartered at Mumbai
- India holds the largest global population, concentrated in Uttar Pradesh, especially the Etawah-Mainpuri belt; also in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
- Electrocution on power lines is the leading cause of death — the same threat facing the Great Indian Bustard
- The main habitat is farmland, so protection depends on wetland conservation outside protected areas
- Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Ramsar Site
