Where are the whooping cranes’ main breeding grounds?
Quick Answer
The only self-sustaining wild population breeds in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. This population winters mainly on the Texas coast at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.
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The principal breeding grounds of the wild whooping crane population are in and around Wood Buffalo National Park, straddling Alberta and the Northwest Territories in Canada. The birds nest in remote wetlands and marshes during the summer. Their migratory population winters on the Texas Gulf Coast, especially around Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This long migration is one of the best-known conservation success stories in North American bird recovery.
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