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Whooping
Crane Total Population
(Figures as of October
31,
2009)
| Wild
Populations |
Adult
(ALL white Birds) |
Young* |
Total |
Adult
Pairs |
| Aransas/Wood
Buffalo self-sustaining migratory flock |
247 |
0* |
247** |
72 |
Florida
nonmigratory
|
28 |
1 |
29 |
8 |
| Rocky Mountains |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Wisconsin/Florida
reintroduced migratory flock (The goal is a flock
of 125 birds in Wisconsin by 2020,
including 25 nesting pairs.)
|
77 |
29
(2009 DAR + ultralight-led chicks,
pre-migration)
|
106
|
11 |
| Subtotal
in the Wild
: |
352 |
30 |
382 |
91 |
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| Captive
Populations |
Adults |
Young** |
Total |
Breeding
Pairs |
| Patuxent
WRC, MD |
64 |
4 |
68 |
15 |
| International
Crane Foundation, WI |
31 |
0 |
31 |
11 |
| Devonian
Wildlife Conservation Center, Calgary, AB, Canada |
23 |
0 |
23 |
6 |
Calgary
Zoo, AB, Canada
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| San
Antonio Zoo, TX |
7 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
| Lowry
Park Zoo, Tampa, FL |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Audubon
Zoo, New Orleans, LA |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Species
Survival Center, Louisiana |
11 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
| Homosassa
Springs Wildlife State Park, FL |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Jacksonville
Zoo, FL |
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Milwaukee
County Zoo, WI |
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Subtotal
in Captivity: |
148 |
4*** |
152 |
34 |
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|
|
| Total
wild + captive |
382 |
152 |
534 |
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*Until
the next updating of Total Populations on this page, every
known death
in the Eastern migratory flock is reported
here.
* Fifty-two
chicks hatched in Canada in 2009 but only 22 fledged. These
youngest will not be added to popuation numbers until they
arrive at Aransas NWR in fall 2009 and it is learned how many
adultshave died.
**The
peak population for the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock in the 2008-09
winter was 270. However, 23 birds died during the winter, leaving
247.
***
The
captive numbers do not reflect the 29 chicks
in 2009 that
entered the wild population through reintroduction programs
(ultralight-led
Direct Autumn Release) in
Wisconsin.
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