Winter visitor. Mainly W Ind ia; passage migrant in Pakistan. Small crane, with short, fine bill. Adult as black head and neck with white tuft behind eye, and grey crown; black neck feathers extend a sa point beyond breast. and elongated tertials project as shallow arc beyond body, giving rise to distinctive shape. Immature is initially almost entirely grey, with slate-grey on foreneck, and with shorter all-grey tertials. By first winter (on arrival in subcontinent} is similar to adult, but head and neck are dark grey and less contrasting, tuft behind eye is grey and less prominent, has brown cast to upperparts, and elongated feathers of foreneck and tertials are shorter. in flight, black breast helps separate from Common Crane at a distance; also the legs and neck appear relatively shorter, and the wings shorter and broader-based. Cultivation, large rivers with sandbanks and reservoirs. In Pakistan rests in remote desert areas on migration.
Average size
95 cm
Habitat
Cultivation, large rivers with sandbanks and reservoirs. In Pakistan rests in remote desert areas on migration.
Behaviour
Winter visitor. Mainly W Ind ia, passage migrant in Pakistan., as black head and neck with white tuft behind eye, and grey crown, black neck feathers extend a sa point beyond breast. and elongated tertials project as shallow arc beyond body, giving rise to distinctive shape. Immature is initially almost entirely grey, with slate-grey on foreneck, and with shorter all-grey tertials. By first winter (on arrival in subcontinent} is similar to adult, but head and neck are dark grey and less contrasting, tuft behind eye is grey and less prominent, has brown cast to upperparts, and elongated feathers of foreneck and tertials are shorter. in flight, black breast helps separate from Common Crane at a distance, also the legs and neck appear relatively shorter, and the wings shorter and broader-based.
About this bird
Winter visitor. Mainly W Ind ia; passage migrant in Pakistan. Small crane, with short, fine bill. Adult as black head and neck with white tuft behind eye, and grey crown; black neck feathers extend a sa point beyond breast. and elongated tertials project as shallow arc beyond body, giving rise to distinctive shape. Immature is initially almost entirely grey, with slate-grey on foreneck, and with shorter all-grey tertials. By first winter (on arrival in subcontinent} is similar to adult, but head and neck are dark grey and less contrasting, tuft behind eye is grey and less prominent, has brown cast to upperparts, and elongated feathers of foreneck and tertials are shorter. in flight, black breast helps separate from Common Crane at a distance; also the legs and neck appear relatively shorter, and the wings shorter and broader-based. Cultivation, large rivers with sandbanks and reservoirs. In Pakistan rests in remote desert areas on migration.
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