The male Sarus crane is shown as if it is stretching its neck to pull out the sun from the rim of the horizon. The graceful Sarus crane (Antigone antigone), the state bird of Uttar Pradesh is classified as vulnerable in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. Especially when nesting, they can be very protective, and are aggressive towards intruders. Securing the Sarus Crane population in South Asia through community-supported conservation practices and governmental policies that maintain the rich biodiversity of agricultural landscapes. While conservation measures for the bird are on, overhead high tension electricity wires are a threat to the species. However, the bird was no match for the cunningness and heartlessness of man. We are: Implementing projects at key sites in northern India to understand and find adaptive solutions to the impacts of climate change and habitat loss on Sarus Cranes and wetlands. The sarus crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The graceful Sarus crane (Antigone ntigone), the state bird of Uttar Pradesh is classified as vulnerable in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. Oryx, 42/3: 452-455. Sarus cranes are regarded as the least social crane species. Sarus crane (Grus antigone), a large non-migratory crane Battle of Sarus , a battle fought in 625 between the East Roman (Byzantine) army, led by Emperor Heraclius, and the Persian general Shahrbaraz Aerocopter Sarus , a "mono-tilt-rotor rotary-ring" VTOL aircraft under development by … Conservation of the Vulnerable sarus crane Grus antigone antigone in Kota, Rajasthan, India: a case study of community involvement. It is shown to be engaged in an impossible act, and yet the very attempt to do it shows the courage of the crane. Sarkar, A., B. Upadhyay, A. Chauhan, A. Sharma, P. Mishra. 2013. The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in south Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarp forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus -dominated woodlands and grasslands in … They can therefore be considered a territorial species.