Denis-Huot / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) in confrontation with Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Grey / Southern Crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) head portrait, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Three Grey crowned-cranes (Balearica regulorum) displaying, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Grey / Southern Crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) head portrait with crest raised, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Grey-crowned crane pair (Balearica regulorum) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Grey-crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) fighting. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Grey-crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum)displaying. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) flying, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Sean Crane / Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), Masai Mara, Kenya

Winfried Wisniewski / Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), Masai Mara, Kenya

Duncan Usher / Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), Lower Saxony, Germany

Andy Rouse / Grey Crowned Crane (Caracas caudatus) courting, Masai Mara, Kenya

Tony Heald / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) South Luangwa NP. Zambia.

Tony Heald / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) South Luangwa NP. Zambia.

Tony Heald / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) South Luangwa NP. Zambia.

Tony Heald / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) South Luangwa NP. Zambia.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps), by river, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) walking in long grass, Grumeti Reserve, Northern Tanzania.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) sitting on a nest in long green grass, Grumeti Reserve, Northern Tanzania.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) portrait, Virunga, Rwanda.

Markus Varesvuo / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) flying during snowfall, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) foraging on a commercial green bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) foraging in a bean field, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) foraging on a commercial green bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Two Grey crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) foraging on a commercial green bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Two Grey crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) foraging in a field of beans near a farm worker spraying insecticide. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Grey crowned-crane (Balearica regulorum) displaying. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Anup Shah / Grey crowned-crane pair (Balearica regulorum). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Anup Shah / Grey crowned-cranes (Balearica regulorum) displaying . Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Anup Shah / Grey crowned-cranes (Balearica regulorum) displaying (Balearica regulorum). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Anup Shah / Grey crowned-crane pair (Balearica regulorum). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Anup Shah / Grey crowned-crane (Balearica regulorum) landing. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Jan 2012.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) tail feather against black background.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) tail feather against black background.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) feather against black background.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) feather against black background.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) feather against black background.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) feather against black background.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) feather against black background.

Michael D. Kern / Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) feather against black background.

Anup Shah / Grey or Southern Crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) foraging. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Grey or Southern Crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) displaying. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Grey or Southern Crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) displaying. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Grey or Southern Crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) displaying. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Grey or Southern Crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) displaying. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Mark MacEwen / Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, Africa.

Mark MacEwen / The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, Africa.

Mark MacEwen / Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) rear view of head, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, Africa.