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  1. raymie

    Crowned Cranes - are they introduced in the UAE?

    Thanks! Do you have more info into to what extent they are breeding? Where did you learn this? Yes, but that status may or may not reflect what's actually going on with the species. Here in North America, even some of our oldest and largest introduced populations aren't officially accepted as...
  2. raymie

    Crowned Cranes - are they introduced in the UAE?

    How does such a large amount of cranes escape and spready across the country? It just doesn't make sense to me. It's possible, but it feels like there's something more going on here.
  3. raymie

    Crowned Cranes - are they introduced in the UAE?

    Because eBird isn't always reliable with knowing what's what when it comes to exotics. And I have a hard time believing that over 50 cranes wandering around an entire country in flocks constitute a bunch of escapees.
  4. raymie

    Crowned Cranes - are they introduced in the UAE?

    I browsing the eBird maps for Gray Crowned Crane and noticed there actually a huge amount of reports of this species across the United Arab Emirates, far outside this species' normal range. eBird lists them as escapees (which doesn't mean much), but there seem to be checklists with as many as 20...
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