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Sarus crane, Grus antigone antigone (Aves: Guridae) is a constituent to ecological landscape of district Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 20 nests of sarus crane were explored during investigation (June-December, 2017). The construction sites of nests were categorized according to niche or microhabitat (agricultural and nonagricultural wetlands, natural ponds, reservoir and marshy wetland etc.). The distribution pattern of nest sites was worked out over the landscape. The findings suggested that selection of microhabitats for nesting were governed by openness, nest fabricating material, rainfall and topography. The more number of nests were recorded in nonagricultural marshy wetlands during investigation on the commencement of monsoon season where as the nest selection site shifted to the upper portion of water reservoirs and wetlands i.e. agriculture marshy wetland on mid monsoon. This pattern was associated with the depth of microhabitat and openness of land. The observations showed that microhabitat played a critical role in the success of eggs hatching and juvenile, predatory escape, availability of nest fabricating plants and food materials. Therefore, these microhabitats have very key role in the conservation for sustenance of sarus crane.