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The hooded crane breeds in south-central and south-eastern Siberia. Breeding is also suspected to occur in Mongolia. Over 80% of its population winters at Izumi, southern Japan. There are also wintering grounds in South Korea and China. There are about 100 hooded cranes wintering in Chongming Dongtan, Shanghai every year.
Cranes are tall wading birds in the family Gruidae. Cranes are found on every continent except for South America and Antarctica and inhabit a variety of open habitats, although most species prefer to live near water. [1] They are large birds with long necks and legs, a tapering form, and long secondary feathers on the wing that project over the ...
Of the four crane genera, Balearica (two species) is restricted to Africa, and Leucogeranus (one species) is restricted to Asia; the other two genera, Grus (including Anthropoides and Bugeranus) and Antigone, are both widespread. [5] [1] Many species of cranes are dependent on wetlands and grasslands, and most species nest in shallow wetlands.
The genus formerly included additional species. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus , as then defined, was polyphyletic . [ 5 ] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the sandhill crane , the white-naped crane , the sarus crane and the brolga were moved to the resurrected genus ...
This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, ... The common crane. ... Hooded crow, Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758;
Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". Common crane, Grus grus (A) LC; Hooded crane, Grus monacha (A) VU; Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis LC (ssp. nesiotes and pulla: E)
There are only two suprafamilial clades (natural groups) among the birds traditionally classified as Gruiformes. Rails (), flufftails (Sarothruridae), finfoots and sungrebe (Heliornithidae), adzebills (Aptornithidae), trumpeters (), limpkin (), and cranes compose the suborder Grues and are termed "core-Gruiformes". [4]
Cranes are large, long-legged, and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". Four species have been recorded in Indiana. Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis; Common crane, Grus grus (R) Hooded crane, Grus ...