Featured Article: Whooping Crane
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Identification
A very large crane, pure white with black wing tips, red on forehead and cheeks.
Young birds similar, but strongly tinged with rufous-brown.
Distribution
Breeds in Northern Canada at Wood Buffalo National Park on Alberta-Northwest Territories border.
Winters on Gulf Coast of Texas at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and more recently a family group have been wintering at Goose Island State Park a few miles up the coast from Aransas NWR. A few winter at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
Captive bred flocks have been established in several areas - see in the Conservation Status section.
