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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 ]
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]
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 ...
This list of birds of Ohio includes species documented in the U.S. state of Ohio and accepted by Ohio Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of November 2024, there were 451 species on the official list. [1] Of them, 193 have been documented as breeding in the state, [2] and 125 are review species as defined below. [3]
Volunteers are being sought to count sandhill cranes in 32 Ohio counties, including Richland, Ashland, Marion, Morrow, Wayne, Knox and Wyandot.
Conducted in pre-selected counties known to have sandhill crane nesting habitat Wayne County topped the list. Holmes had 18; Ashland, 11.
In 2001, the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership raised whooping crane (Grus americana) chicks in Wisconsin's Necedah National Wildlife Refuge then guided them to the Chassahowitzka NWR for the winter. Despite severe mortality from hurricanes in 2007, the re-introduction has been successful and by 2010 there were up to 105 migrating birds ...
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]