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Some webinars, full-text books, articles, bibliographies and dissertations are available free on the Web, as are abstracts (summaries) of many articles on crane research and conservation. Ozcranes hosts resources in Downloads», including Dr George Archibald's classic papers on the ‘Sarolga’ Brolga-Sarus hybrid, and Sarus Crane and Brolga breeding ecology in the Gulf. Please contact us to suggest more crane library sources add or report broken links.
Webinars
The International Crane Foundation has posted an outstanding series of webinars on YouTube. This successful series is still continuing in the context of most field work being shutdown internationally due to the COVID-19 crisis, the series can be accessed on the ICF YouTube channel. Topics so far include Whooping Cranes, Crowned Cranes and Blue Cranes in Africa, cranes in art and much more.
Libraries and journals
- The ICF Library has many resources including bibliographies and electronic dissertations on Sarus and other cranes
- A free paper on the three ‘sub-species’ of Sarus Crane, Archibald, G. W., K. S. G. Sundar, and J. Barzen. ‘A review of the three subspecies of Sarus Cranes Grus antigone.’ Journal of Ecological Society (India) 16 (2003): 5-15. Available to read or download at Archive.org
- Forktail journal has all papers in full text free, from 1986 to 2013. Includes a number of significant short papers on Sarus Cranes
- The SORA site has many full-text ornithology articles
- Digital Commons at University of Nebraska, Lincoln hosts papers, dissertations and books including works on Sandhill and Whooping Cranes
- BIRDNET links to on-line ornithological literature
Australia
- The formal description of the Australian sub-species of Sarus Crane (Schodde et al. 1998) can be downloaded free from Canberra Birds, scroll down to Vol 13 No 4, December 1988.
- Scambler EC. 2020. Jim Bravery's cranes: Brolgas and Sarus Cranes on the Atherton Tablelands, 1920-1975. North Queensland Naturalist 50: 12-24. Available for free download from North Queensland Naturalist.
- Australian Bird Study Association, link to abstracts from ‘Corella’ journal, full text available for older issues
- Emu: Austral Ornithology – abstracts and some short articles free. Taylor & Francis site, all BirdLife Australia members can access Emu free from within the BirdLife Australia portal (Login)
- Australian Field Ornithology – free to members 1959-present (older issues were as ‘The Australian Birdwatcher’). For non-members articles over 2 years old are free, but registration is required
- Birds Queensland publishes the Sunbird, full index from 1970 and recent abstracts on the website
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Books: Online
NOTE: some books are older and more recent work has updated aspects of crane biology and ecology, but they still contain valuable information.
The updated Crane Conservation Strategy was released in 2019. Free downloads:
Mirande, C.M. & Harris, J.T. (Eds) (2019). Crane Conservation Strategy. International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA.
- Download the whole book (pdf 24.65MB, free) from the ICF Library
- Download the Sarus Crane review (pdf 8MB, free) from ResearchGate
- Download the Brolga review (pdf 4.8MB, free) from ResearchGate
- View full size range maps» for Brolga and Sarus Crane on Ozcranes, courtesy of ICF
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) Volume 2
S Marchant and PJ Higgins (eds), 1993. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds Vol 2, Raptors to Lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
The Brolga and Sarus Crane chapters from HANZAB Volume 2, Marchant and Higgins 1993, can be downloaded free from New Zealand Birds Online unidentified crane page.
The Cranes: Status survey and conservation action plan
CD Meine and GW Archibald (eds), 1996. The Cranes: Status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK.
‘The Cranes’ covers status and conservation for all 15 world crane species and can be downloaded free from the IUCN Library, pdf 8MB. An updated volume involving all members of the IUCN Crane Specialist Group, including in Australia, will be published in 2019
Cranes of the World
PA Johnsgard, 1983. Cranes of the World. Originally published by University of Indiana.
Now available for free download as a series of pdfs from Digital Commons at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Cranes: Their biology, husbandry and conservation
D Ellis, G Gee and C Mirande. 1996. Cranes: Their biology, husbandry and conservation. US Government agencies and the ICF.
Download from ICF Library.
Brolgas & Sarus – Popular Books
- ‘Brolga Country: Travels in Wild Australia’ by wildlife photo journalist Mitch Reardon, released October 2007. Includes southern Brolga conservation, north Queensland Crane Counts, photographs. Text covers Brolgas, their ecology and conservation from Cape York Peninsula to Bool Lagoon. Out of print but may be available second hand.
- ‘The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes’, by traveller and writer Peter Matthiessen. The paintings are by renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman. Fascinating travels in search of all the world's 15 cranes, vivid prose, but take the Australian species accounts at least, as just an enjoyable read.
Australian dissertations
Eight Australian university dissertations (Honours, MSc and PhD) have addressed Brolga or Sarus Crane populations. Ozcranes Research hosts three abstracts and one full thesis (links below). Two PhD theses can be downloaded in full, links are below, and each PhD study has a project pagein Ozcranes Research».
- Blackman, JG (1977). ‘The development and application of aerial survey methods for population and ecological studies of the Brolga Grus rubicundus (Perry) Gruidae.’ MSc diss., James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Available by document delivery ($) from JCU
- Harding, C (2001). ‘Use of remote sensing and geographic information systems to predict suitable breeding habitat for the brolga Grus rubicundus in south-west Victoria’. Hons diss., Centre for Environmental Management, University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Abstract in Ozcranes Research»
- Herring, MW (2001). ‘The brolga (Grus rubicunda) in the New South Wales and Victorian Riverina: distribution, breeding habitat and potential role as an umbrella species’. Hons diss., Faculty of Science and Agriculture, School of Environmental and Information Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia. Abstract in Ozcranes Research»
- Myers, A (2001). ‘Factors influencing the nesting success of Brolgas, Grus rubicundus, in Western Victoria’. Hons diss., School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. No information.
- Sheldon, RA (2004). ‘Characterisation and modelling of Brolga (Grus rubicundus) flocking habitat in south-western Victoria: relationships between habitat characteristics, Brolga abundance and flocking duration’. Hons diss., School of Science and Engineering, University of Ballarat, Victoria. Abstract in Ozcranes Research»
- King, K (2008). ‘Behaviour patterns and habitat use of the Brolga (Grus rubicundus) at two flocking sites in south-west Victoria’. School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Read abstract and download whole thesis in Ozcranes Research»
- Veltheim, I. 2019. ‘Movements, Behaviour and Ecology of the Brolga, Antigone rubicunda, at multiple spatial and temporal scales.’. E-thesis abstract and full text available at the link.
- Nevard, TD; 2019. ‘Interactions between brolgas and sarus cranes in Australia’ Download T Nevard thesis
Bibliographies
Ozcranes has bibliographies on some specific topic pages, some other suggested sources of reading lists –
- ICF Library
- Extensive bibliography on collisions in Sundar, KS Gopi, and BC Choudhury. ‘Mortality of Sarus Cranes (Grus antigone) due to electricity wires in Uttar Pradesh, India.’ Environmental Conservation 32, no. 3 (2005): 260-269. Abstract only in Ozcranes Research»
- Whooping and other crane publications
Crane sounds and video
- Ozcranes page with Brolga & Sarus Crane Calls»
- ICF – Click on Cranes, then species name for page including calls, description of calling behaviour
- Long calls of Australian Sarus and Brolgas in the field can be played for comparison at New Zealand Birds Online
- Crane calls and videos
- ICF Library: Dr G Archibald's definitive thesis on the unison calls of different crane species may be available on enquiry from the Library, 6 pdfs total 6.1 Mb
Resources on Crane Art & culture»
