With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda - featuring on the East African nation's flag and coat of arms. All the country's ...

Looking at the gray crowned crane, it's not difficult to see why it appears at the center of Uganda's flag. Thin spikes that look like a golden crown cover the bird's head.

Despite their presence in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, grey crested crane numbers are plummeting. Uganda’s population has dwindled from ...

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda – featuring on the East African nation’s flag and coat of arms. All the country’s ...