Crowned Crane | 台北市立動物園資訊網

2018年2月3日—TheHadejia-NguruwetlandsinJigawaandYobestatesonceplayedhosttotheblackcrownedcrane,whichhasbeenreferredtoasNigeria's ...

The   crane is a regal bird ,but it is doing poorly in Nigeria, given the fact  of ‘over hunting’, hunger for ‘bushmeat’ ,and the effect …

The   crane is a regal bird ,but it is doing poorly in Nigeria, given the fact  of ‘over hunting’, hunger for ‘bushmeat’ ,and the effect  of dams, which distort its habitat, pushing its population to the brink, and triggering questions as to how national is this ‘national bird’.

Costly bird  

‘A live crowned crane costs one hundred and fifty thousand naira’, says Bashiru Sani, Chairman, Bird Sellers Association, Abuja, who informs me that he has not set eyes on the bird for the past two years. He sits by a junction close to the National Mosque, Abuja where he and a group of young men sell live birds in cages, and there is a monkey too .They watch the passing cars as eagerly as they guard their birds, and there is the hope that a door may open and an occupant express interest in a bird. The young men look and...