🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Black Crowned-Crane live?

Balearica pavonina has 3,004 records in 40 countries and territories, from 1862 to 2026. Most records come from Senegal.

AnimaliaChordataAvesGruiformesGruidaeBalearica

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Senegal 1,097
Ethiopia 847
Gambia 314
Chad 175
Benin 129
Cameroon 94
United States 46
Uganda 41
Mauritania 31
Guinea-Bissau 30
Niger 26
South Sudan 24
Kenya 19
DR Congo 18
Nigeria 18
Rwanda 13
Tanzania 12
United Arab Emirates 9
Sudan 8
Spain 6
Mali 6
Austria 5
Burkina Faso 4
South Africa 4
Central African Republic 3
France 3
Guinea 3
Zambia 3
ZZ 3
Botswana 2
Togo 2
Belgium 1
Switzerland 1
Egypt 1
Greece 1
Malawi 1
Netherlands 1
Portugal 1
Sierra Leone 1
Zimbabwe 1

Related animals

Others in the family Gruidae.

Common Crane
Common Crane
2,531,629 records
Gray Crowned-Crane
Gray Crowned-Crane
78,077 records
Demoiselle Crane
Demoiselle Crane
27,415 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.