🦋 Family

Gruidae

15 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Gruiformes › Gruidae

Balearica pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Balearica pavonina, the black crowned crane, is an African bird with a distinctive golden crown, split into two subspecies.

Balearica regulorum (E.T.Bennett, 1834)

This is the description, physical traits, distribution and habitat of the grey crowned crane, Balearica regulorum.

Anthropoides paradiseus (A.A.H.Lichtenstein, 1793)

Anthropoides paradiseus, the blue crane, is a small altitudinally migratory crane native to southern Africa's dry grassy uplands.

Anthropoides virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthropoides virgo, the demoiselle crane, is the smallest crane species, breeding in central Eurasia and wintering in Africa or South Asia.

Bugeranus carunculatus (Gmelin, 1789)

The wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) is Africa’s largest crane, found across eastern and southern Africa’s wetland habitats.

Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773

Grus leucogeranus, the Siberian crane, is a large white crane with specific breeding and wintering ranges across Asia.

Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a detailed morphological, behavioral, and migratory description of the sandhill crane, Grus canadensis.

Grus rubicunda (Perry, 1810)

Grus rubicunda, the brolga, is a large Australian crane that is Queensland’s official state emblem.

Grus antigone (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus antigone (sarus crane) is the world's tallest flying bird with a shrinking range across South, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Grus vipio Pallas, 1811

Grus vipio, the white-naped crane, is a distinctively marked bird with specific breeding and wintering ranges across East Asia.

Grus nigricollis Prjevalsky, 1876

Grus nigricollis, the black-necked crane, is a medium grey crane with a black head and neck native to high-altitude South and East Asia.

Grus monacha Temminck, 1835

Grus monacha, the hooded crane, is a small large crane with specific breeding and wintering ranges across Asia, with rare records in North America and the Philippines.

Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus americana, the whooping crane, is a distinctively plumaged North American crane with documented reintroduction efforts.

Grus japonensis (Statius Muller, 1776)

Grus japonensis, the red-crowned crane, is a large crane with distinct plumage, specific ranges and wetland habitats across East Asia.

Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grus grus, the common crane, is a large migratory crane that breeds across Eurasia and winters in southern Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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