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Common Crane

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Photo by Stephen Fletcher
Extremadura, Spain, Jan 2010

Grus grus

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
- 5.1 Vocalisation
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

100-130 cm
Grey, white facial streak, black wing plumes, red crown patch
Juvenile: lack the red crown patch

[edit] Distribution

Breeds northern Eurasia; winters to north Africa, south India and southeast Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Wetlands.

[edit] Behaviour

Photo by john-henry
Southern Spain, November 2008

The diet includes leaves, roots, berries, insects, small birds and mammals.

[edit] Vocalisation

Listen in an external program

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.4.xls/view.
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