Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyGruidae (Cranes)
- GenusGrus
- SpeciesGrus canadensis (Sandhill Crane)
Closest Relatives at Ciénaga de Zapata
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Clapper Rail
Rallus crepitans
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Sora
Porzana carolina
American Coot
Fulica americana
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Spotted Rail
Pardirallus maculatus
King Rail
Rallus elegans
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Sandhill Crane at Ciénaga de Zapata — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there