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  2. Whooping crane - Wikipedia

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    The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, [3] [1] named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane ( Antigone canadensis ), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species. [ 3 ]

  3. Endangered Species Act of 1973 - Wikipedia

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    The whooping crane also received widespread attention as unregulated ... In April 2014, ... As of 2022, the species had a wild population of 350 individuals and a ...

  4. List of cranes - Wikipedia

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    The species with the smallest estimated population is the whooping crane, which is conservatively thought to number 50–249 mature individuals, [5] and the one with the largest is the sandhill crane, which has an estimated population of 450,000–550,000 mature individuals. [6]

  5. Why are there so many sandhill cranes in Wisconsin right now?

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    In the federal government's quest to protect whooping cranes from extinction, they decided to introduce a population of whooping cranes from the center of North America that nest in Canada and ...

  6. List of endangered animals of North America - Wikipedia

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    As of November 1, 2009, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed approximately 1,200 animals as endangered or threatened in North America.. Note: This list is intended only for species listed as endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, not species listed as endangered by other countries or agencies such as the ...

  7. Men hid endangered birds they killed, but hunters stumbled ...

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    Each of the men was ordered to pay $17,000 in restitution to a whooping crane conservation organization, plus a $750 fine, officials said. Additionally, their shotguns were taken away and they are ...

  8. Badlands National Park - Wikipedia

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    The black-footed ferret and whooping crane are on the endangered species list. [38] The black-footed ferret population inside the Badlands National Park has recovered to a population of approximately 100 individuals. [39] This whooping crane population in the Badlands National Park is considered a non-self-sustaining wild population. [40]

  9. Operation Migration - Wikipedia

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    Young whooping cranes completing their first migration, from Wisconsin to Florida, following an ultralight aircraft from Operation Migration. Operation Migration was a nonprofit, charitable organization, which developed a method using ultralight aircraft to teach migration to captive-raised, precocial bird species such as Canada geese, trumpeter swans, sandhill cranes, and endangered whooping ...