Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cranes :: Common Crane

Common Crane Grus grus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Eurasian Crane
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Drosnay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - Nov 17, 2002 © Yves Baptiste  Drosnay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - Nov 17, 2002 © Yves Baptiste  Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India - Mar, 2004 © Dave Behrens  Lac du Der, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - 2001 © Pascal Dubois  Lac du Der, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - 2001 © Pascal Dubois 
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Range

W. Palearctic to c. Siberia;
W. population:
N. and e. Europe in Scandinavia (Liminka Bay, Oulu Province, n. Finland, Biebrza Marsh, Poland, n. Germany, Hungary in the Hortobagy National Park) to w. Russia. Small isolated populations in Turkey and the Caucasus in Armenia and possibly Azerbaijan, w. Caspian Sea.
Winters s. to France, Portugal (Montados e. of Evora on the border with Spain), Spain (Gallocauta, Laguna de la Janda, Cadiz, Spain), Israel (Hula Valley), Jordan (plain between Irbid and Mafraq, Azraq Oasis Wildlife Reserve), se. Iraq, sw. Iran, nw., ne. and e. Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya).
E. population:
C. and e. Asia in c. Siberia e. to the Kolyma River s. to the Aral Sea, Kirghiz steppes and China (nw. Manchuria) and n. India.
Winters in s. India, China (middle Yangtze River), and se. Asia.

Videos

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 10, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is walking and feeding in a stubble field with Hooded Cranes in the background.

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 10, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is feeding in a stubble field with Hooded Cranes in the foreground.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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