Sarus Crane
- Recently, a person from Uttar Pradesh was booked under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, for illegally keeping and nursing an injured sarus crane (Grus antigone).
- Sarus cranes are large non-migratory cranes found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
- They are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in South Asia, seasonally flooded dipterocarpus forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands in Australia.
- The sarus crane is easily distinguished from other cranes by its overall grey colour and the contrasting red head and upper ....
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