With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda - featuring on the East African nation's flag and coat of arms. All the country's ...

The forested trees, where the cranes lodged at night, were untouched. These included the enormous Ober Owang (Crested Crane’s Tree), which fell victim to loggers and charcoal burners in Ururi.” ...