Wattled Crane Grus (Bugeranus) carunculatus. Head portrait, showing wattles hanging below lower mandible.

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Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus). Largest and rarest of the six species of African Crane. Endangered in southern Africa, and South African population is Critically Endangered.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
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