The whooping crane is 5 feet tall. It has long legs and a long neck. It is white with black tipped wings and a patch of bare red skin on its head.

These birds are found between Louisiana and Canada.

They prefer marshy areas.

The whooping crane likes to eat clams, crabs, and crawfish.

They breed in marshy areas. Whooping cranes make nests out of plants and twigs for the female to lay 2 eggs in.

This animal began to die out in the 1800’s. There were only 15 remaining in a flock that migrates to Canada. Another six whoopers lived in Louisiana but they died out by 1948.