Crowned Cranes in Cambridgeshire

FOUR crowned cranes ( Balearica pavonina ) recently appeared in an area of arable and marshy country in Cambridgeshire. This species, so far as we know, has not previously been described as occurring at large in Britain, although one specimen was shot in Ayrshire in 1871, and had “doubtless escaped...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1959-02, Vol.183 (4660), p.560-560
Main Authors: JONES, SIMON B, JONES, PHILIP E. H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:FOUR crowned cranes ( Balearica pavonina ) recently appeared in an area of arable and marshy country in Cambridgeshire. This species, so far as we know, has not previously been described as occurring at large in Britain, although one specimen was shot in Ayrshire in 1871, and had “doubtless escaped from captivity” 1 .
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/183560a0