Wattled Crane
Bugeranus carunculatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyGruidae (Cranes)
- GenusBugeranus
- SpeciesBugeranus carunculatus (Wattled Crane)
Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park
Grey Crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
African Finfoot
Podica senegalensis
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Sarothrura boehmi
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
African Crake
Crex egregia
Lesser Moorhen
Gallinula angulata
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Wattled Crane at Kruger National Park — 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
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 2 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 4 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 5 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 6 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |