Cranes

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aardvark250

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I know that all species of crane is found in captivity,with all of them found in International Crane Foundation.
After scrolling through the internet(actually Baidu) I have found Dalian forest zoo hold 13 too! They are just missing brolga and whooping crane.So which zoo also have lots of crane species?And how many crane species have you guys saw?

Zoo with lots of crane species:
ICF(15)
Dalian forest zoo(13)
San Antonio zoo(9)
Taipei zoo(9)
Which zoo have the most crane in europe?I supposed walsrode?

Crane species I have seen:
Demoiselle crane
Grey crowned crane
White-naped crane
Eurasian crane
Hooded crane
Sarus crane
Red-crowned crane
Blue crane
Black crowned crane
(all from taipei zoo)
 
According to Informational issue of EARAZA the Moscow zoo currently has 9 species. I have seen eight of them on the exposition:

Black-necked crane
Red-crowned crane
White-naped crane
Sarus crane
Siberian crane
Blue crane
Demoiselle crane
East African grey-crowned crane

The ninth species is Eurasian or Common crane (only one individual according to EARAZA issue). Probably it is kept out of public at the moment.
 
On one visit, the San Antonio Zoo exhibited ten species of crane:
East African crowned crane
West African crowned crane
Wattled crane
Blue crane
Demoiselle crane
White-naped crane
Hooded crane
Red-crowned crane
Sandhill crane
Whooping crane

Since/before that visit, I have seen sarus and black-necked cranes.
 
I have seen 13 of the species - the two species I'm missing are sandhill crane (thanks to an annoying no-show at Vogelpark Niendorf) and whooping crane.

You're probably right that Walsrode has the highest amount of species in Europe. I believe they had 11 on-show species when I visited five years ago. If I remember correctly, Talllinn Zoo and Pairi Daiza (none of which I have visited) also have a good amount of species.
 
I have seen a lot of cranes in my life, though I do not know if I have seen every species or not (certainly not, though); if we only count 2016-onwards though (the period where my interest in zoos became real) I've seen the following taxa :

Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) - Tierpark Berlin (2017)
Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) - La Vallée des Oiseaux (2016), Berlin Tierpark (2017)
Eastern grey-crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) - Berlin Zoo (2017)
Greater sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis tabida) - Berlin Tierpark (2017)
Grey-crowned crane (non-subspecific status) (Balearica regulorum) - La Vallée des Oiseaux (2016)
Indian sarus crane (Antigone antigone antigone) - Berlin Tierpark (2017)
Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) - Tierpark Berlin (2017)
Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) - Tierpark Berlin (2017)
Western black-crowned crane (Balearica pavonina pavonina) - Tierpark Berlin (2017)
White-naped crane (Japanese white-necked crane) (Antigone vipio) - Tierpark Berlin (2017)

As you can see Tierpark Friedrichsfeld has one impressive collection of cranes, which is even more impressive when you consider the fact I've missed a few taxa there (wattled crane, eurasian etc...). In total the Tierpark Berlin has a whooping (pun intended :D) collection of cranes representing 11 taxa according to Zootierliste.
 
I love cranes! They make for excellent exhibit birds, so it's easy to see why they're so popular.

Personally, I've seen:

Whooping
Sandhill
Demoiselle
Blue
Black crowned
Grey crowned
Wattled
Sarus
Hooded
Red crowned
White naped
 
I have worked with Eastern Grey Crowned Cranes before which was an experience in itself but here is the species I have seen
Eastern Grey Crowned Cranes
Wattled Crane
Black Crowned Crane
Stanley Crane
Eurasian Crane
Demoiselle Crane
 
The only one I am missing - and am unlikely to get in the foreseeable - is Whooping.
 
I've seen:
Common Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Eastern Grey-crowned Crane
Red-crowned Crane
Sandhill Crane
Stanley Crane
Wattled Crane
Western Black-crowned Crane
White-naped Crane
 
It's indeed Walsrode that has the most crane species in Europe (11 species). Olmen and Pairi Daiza have quite a lot aswell (9). I'm quite sure Walsrode also has the most individuals.

I've seen 14 of the species, only missing out on the whooping crane.
 
Eastern Grey Crowned Crane
Western Black Crowned Crane
Blue Crane
Wattled Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Red-Crowned Crane
Eurasian Crane
 
I've seen all crane species apart from Siberian and Whooping (although I saw a stuffed Whooping 5 years ago). Not seen all ssp of sandhill though.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
The only one I am missing - and am unlikely to get in the foreseeable - is Whooping.
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lintworm said:
That's the problem for most European zoogoers :p
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Indeed! I've seen them all now but Whooping was the last by some considerable distance, having to wait until my 2013 Florida trip.

(I've also seen Common, Sandhill, Black Crowned, and Wattled in the wild :p )
 
Like several other European ZooChatters, I only miss the Whooping crane.

Maguari said:
(I've also seen Common, Sandhill, Black Crowned, and Wattled in the wild :p )
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I can only dream of that number, and I've only seen the common crane in the wild. My usual excuse is that I've hardly ever left Western Europe. :p
 
Other than wild Sandhills, I've seen Whoopers, Black Crowns, Grey Crowns, Blues, Wattled's, Demoiselles, Red Crowns, White Napes, and of course Saruses! I really like Crowned Cranes, especially the Black Crowned Crane.
 
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Also, how tall really are Blue Cranes (Anthropoides paradiseus)? I've seen them closeup at several zoos and due to them either being lower in a moat or whatever else, they don't seem to be only 3.5 feet tall. They appear bigger in person. Actually, whoever thought it was a good idea to only measure a bird from the tip of its culmen (beak) to the tip of the tail forgot how much legs add up to the length of an entire bird! I understand for birds like passerines it makes sense, but what about bigger birds? Why doesn't leg length matter in total length?
 
I've seen the cranes at the San Antonio Zoo. I've also seen whooping cranes in the wild. I may have seen a wild sandhill crane but it was too far away to confirm.
 
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