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Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the crane's range is provided.
The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their black primary feathers that are visible in flight, and with two breeding populations in the Arctic tundra of western and eastern Russia.
Map of signatories to the Siberian Crane MoU, 1 July 2006. Taking into consideration the unfavorable conservation status of the Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) [1] and the fact that the species has the longest migration route of all crane species ranging from breeding areas in the Arctic regions of Asia to wintering grounds in southern Asia, the range states acknowledged that the ...
As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 223 critically endangered avian species, including 19 which are tagged as possibly extinct or possibly extinct in the wild. [1] [2] 2% of all evaluated avian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane ( Grus virgo ) and the Siberian crane ( Leucogeranus leucogeranus ) that only are regular in the far eastern part of the continent.
The Siberian tiger is an endangered tiger subspecies. Three tiger subspecies are extinct (see List of carnivorans by population). [2] The IUCN Red List is a list of species which have been assessed according to a system of assigning a global conservation status. According to the latest system used by the IUCN, a species can be "Data Deficient ...
Not the first crane accident for city, or equipment owner. 08:45, AP. The crane is owned by the New York Crane & Equipment Corp., one of the city’s most widely used crane providers, officials said.
Omid (Persian: امید, meaning "Hope") is a male Siberian crane, notable for being the only remaining Siberian crane of the western population (a larger eastern population winters in China). He keeps returning to its wintering grounds in Iran , after flying 6,000 km (3,700 mi) each year, since the winter of 2006-2007.