Author: Brooke, R.K. & Vernon, C.J.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 16. Part 15. Historical Records of the Wattled Crane Bugeranus Carunculatus (Gmelin) in the Cape Province and the Orange Free State, South Africa.
Description: Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 16. Part 15. 29th July 1988. Stapled wraps, p363-p371. illustrated map, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. Records from the 19thC of the Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus(Gmelin) and place names containing the element 'kraan' (= crane) in the Cape Province and the Orange Free State, South Africa, are reviewed. Summer breeding is shown to have occurred in the Western Cape. Breeding probably occured in the Eastern Cape. There is at least one breeding record from the Transkei. Breeding occurred along the northwestern and norther borders of the Orange Free State and probably more widely before the disturbance caused by the campaigns of Shaka Zulu. The decrease in the southern populations to the point where there is one breeding pair left is attributed to the effects of disturbance by humans and their cattle, starting with the arrival of cattle in the southwestern Cape over 1800 years ago.

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape capr provincial museum south southern africa african ornithology wattled crane bugeranus carunculatus gmelin


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