Whooping Crane Photo Gallery

Very tall with long legs and neck. Adult has an entirely white body with a red crown and mustache stripe.

Large with long wings. Flies with neck and legs outstretched. Black wingtips only visible in flight.

Juvenile has a mostly orange head and upper neck and buffy cinnamon markings on the wings and "bustle."

Large, long-legged, white crane. Feeds in shallow wetlands and pastures. Juveniles have a rusty brown head and mottled back.

Larger than Sandhill Cranes with a white body and black wingtips.

Winters mainly in coastal marshes and estuaries and sometimes forages in crop fields.

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