Sarus Crane
Calls & Sounds
Sarus Cranes (Grus antigone)
The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is the world’s tallest flying bird. Found in the tropical north of Australia, as well the Indian subcontinent and parts of South-east Asia, Sarus Cranes are listed as vulnerable throughout ther range due to declining populations as a result of human activity.
What does a Sarus Crane sound like? Sarus Cranes make a range of guttural bugling and trumpeting sounds as well as rattling calls, cries and purrs. Sarus Cranes often call in unison as pairs or small groups.
Listen to some examples of Sarus Crane sounds below.
Listen to Sarus Crane Sounds
The audio in the video below features typical calls of a group of Sarus Cranes. Recorded in Cape York, Queensland, Australia.
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Australian Bird Sounds
Other bird calls from the Australian bush:
- Bellbird, Crested
- Black Cockatoo, Red-tailed
- Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed
- Boobook, Australian
- Bowerbird, Golden
- Bowerbird, Satin
- Bowerbird, Spotted
- Budgerigar
- Butcherbird, Grey
- Butcherbird, Pied
- Catbird, Spotted
- Cassowary, Southern
- Chowchilla
- Cockatiel
- Cockatoo, Palm
- Coucal, Pheasant
- Crane, Sarus
- Cuckoo, Channel-billed
- Cuckoo, Fan-tailed
- Currawong, Black
- Currawong, Pied
- Drongo, Spangled
- Emu
- Fairywren, Superb
- Figbird, Australasian
- Friarbird, Noisy
- Frogmouth, Marbled
- Frogmouth, Papuan
- Frogmouth, Tawny
- Fruit Dove, Wompoo
- Honeyeater, Brown
- Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked
- Kingfisher, Sacred
- Kite, Whistling
- Koel, Pacific
- Kookaburra, Blue-winged
- Kookaburra, Laughing
- Lyrebird, Superb
- Magpie, Australian
- Miner, Bell
- Miner, Noisy
- Nightjar, Large-tailed
- Nightjar, Spotted
- Oriole, Green
- Oriole, Olive-backed
- Owl, Australian Masked
- Owl, Eastern Barn
- Owl, Powerful
- Owl, Barking
- Owl, Lesser Sooty
- Owl, Greater Sooty
- Owlet-nightjar, Australian
- Pardalote, Spotted
- Parrot, Eclectus
- Pitta, Noisy
- Rosella, Crimson
- Scrubfowl, Orange-footed
- Shrikethrush, Grey
- Songlark, Brown
- Songlark, Rufous
- Wagtail, Willie
- Whipbird, Eastern
- Whistler, Australian Golden
- Whistler, Rufous