Grey Crowned Cranes dancing. They have red at the top of the white face-patch and a red chin (wattle, or more correctly, gular sac since it can be inflated). The cranes dancing (above, left) are both Grey Crowned species, as is the crane sitting (top right); the other crane (top right) with rouge on its cheeks is a Black Crowned species.

The East African sub-species (B. r. gibbericeps), also called the Crested Crane, has more red above the white face patch than the smaller South African sub-species (B.r. regulorum).

The related Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina) from West/Central Africa through to Sudan has red on all the lower half on its white face patch but none on the top (see link below).