Second observation of Common Crane Grus grus in Senegal Volker Salewski", Troels Eske Ortvadh and Kasper Thoruph Deuxieme observation d’une Grue cendree Grus grus au Senegal. Une Grue cendree Grus grus a ete observee au Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj, Senegal, le 22 janvier 2012. Ceci constitue la deuxieme donnee sur ce site et pour le pays de cette espece occasionelle palearctique, qui normalement hiverne au nord du Sahara. O n 22 January 2012 we observed an adult not reaching the breast distinguished it from Common Crane Grus grus in Djoudj Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo. National Park, northern Senegal, on a sandy area This is the second observation of Common within temporarily flooded marshes near Grand Crane in Senegal, the first having been made Lac (f.l6°26’32”N 16°11’37”W). The bird was at about the same locality in the previous non¬ accompanied by two Black Crowned Cranes breeding season, in March 2010 (Seward & Balearica pavonina and was identified by its Blessley 2010), which suggests that the same mainly grey plumage lacking the white wing panel individual was concerned. Common Crane breeds and distinctive head pattern of Black Crowned in the Palearctic and western populations migrate Crane (Figs. 1-2). Size, lack of white elongated as far south as the North African Mediterranean plumes on the head, and black neck feathers region during the non-breeding season (Bauer et Figures 1-2. Common Crane Grus grus accompanied by two Black Crowned Cranes Balearica pavonina, Djoudj National Park, Senegal, 22 January 2012 (Volker Salewski) Grue cendree Grus grus accompagnee de deux Grues couronnees Balearica pavonina, Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj, Senegal, 22 janvier 2012 (Volker Salewski) 78 -Bull ABC Vol 20 No 1 (2013) Second observation of Common Crane in Senegal: Salewski et al. al. 2005). In sub-Saharan West Africa it is a rare The Birds of Nigeria: An Annotated Check-list. vagrant, recorded only from northern Mauritania BOU Check-list No. 4. Second edn. Tring: British (Baie de l’Etoile/Nouadhibou, 30-35 individuals Ornithologists’ Union. between 20 December 1981 and 8 February Isenmann, P., Benmergui, M., Browne, P., Ba, A. 1982: Isenmann et al. 2010), west Niger (Mare D., Diagana, C. H., Diawara, Y. El Abidine ould Sidaty, Z. 2010. Oiseaux de Mauritania de Kero, two, 27 February 2002: NiBDaB 2012) / Birds of Mauritania. Paris: Societe d’Etudes and north-eastern Nigeria (Hadejia wetlands and Ornithologiques de France. oases near rhe Niger border: five sightings between NiBDaB (Niger Bird Data Base) 2012. Common December and March, 1989-1991: Elgood et al. Crane Grus grus (accessed 10 August 2012). 1994). Seward, A. & Blessley, I. 2010. Senegal: Common Crane in Djoudj National Park. African Cranes, Acknowledgements Wetlands and Communities Newsletter 6: 19-20. We thank director I. Diop and the staff of the biological station of Djoudj National Park for their hospitality “ Dept, of Behavioural Biology, University Osnabriick, during our stay. A. Seward kindly improved our Barbarastr. 11, 49076 Osnabriick, Germany. English. E-mail: [email protected] b Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural References History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Bauer, H.-G., Bezzel, E. & Fiedler, W. 2005. Das Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Kompendium der VogelMitteleuropas. Wiebelsheim: Received 16 April 2012; revision accepted 15 September AULA-Verlag. 2012. Elgood, J. FI., Heigham, J. B., Moore, A. M., Nason, A. M., Sharland, R. E. & Skinner, N. J. 1994. Second observation of Common Crane in Senegal: Saleivski et al. Bull ABC Vol 20 No 1 (2013) - 79