Juvenile Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis (juvenile)
A lanky brownish juvenile uses wetlands, hayfields, and open fields while its flight feathers and long legs finish developing. It practices short flights, follows adults to feeding areas, and becomes more independent as it learns safe roosting and migration behavior. Its diet broadens to insects, snails, seeds, roots, grain, and small aquatic animals. A notable fact is that juveniles lack the clean gray adult plumage and red forehead patch.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- ?
- Juvenile Sandhill Crane
- Sandhill Crane