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National Geographic : 2004 Apr
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Crane conservation status I Critically endangered I Endangered * Vulnerable SNear threatened I Least concern SMigration route to wintering area SBreeding, staging, or wintering area for multiple species Corresponding colors represent ranges. f 7 Rarest of cranes, the whooping crane once ranged across North America east of the Rockies. Two small popula tions now migrate between nesting grounds in Canada and Wisconsin and winter territory in Texas and Florida. cIA ff i FRANCE Th WORLD of CRANES Truly global citizens, the world's 15 species of cranes range freely over five continents and migrate across deserts, mountains, frozen tundra, and the borders of dozens of nations. As such, they are ambassadors for peace among diverse peoples who unite in efforts to save the elegant birds, and for the preservation of their fragile wetland and grassland homes and migra tory staging grounds. Because of habitat loss and development, many species that once thrived in much broader ranges -among them, the red-crowned, black crowned, and white-naped-are now restricted to fragments of protected land in parks, sanctuaries, even disputed areas between hostile nations. SOURCES:THECRANES:STATUSSURVEYAND CONSERVATIONACTIONPLAN IUCN,GLAND,SWITZERLAND, ANDCAMBRIDGE,UNITEDKINGDOM; 2003IUCNREDLISTOF THREATENED SPECIES ARTBYROBERTBATEMAN NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC MAPS SOUTH AMERICA The magnificent blue crane, national bird of South Africa, migrates vertically From breeding grounds in dry, open grasslands as high as 6,000 feet down to wintering terrain in lower valleys. A~- ~ - i-- 1._ ~
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