whooping crane

endangered species

Whoopers are the tallest of all birds in North America.

An adult male stands 1.5 m tall, weighs as much as 7.5 kg, and has a wingspan up to 2.5 m wide.

Despite their size, cranes average a flight speed of about 45 km-h.

there are only 131 captive and 301 wild

whooping cranes in the world according to whoopingcrane.com