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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Palearctic]]; winters in north-east [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]] | [[Palearctic]]; winters in north-east [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]] | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Salt lakes, damp marshes, swamps and meadows near water or arid areas if water is closeby. | |
| + | [[Image:28125Demosielle Crane-Flight resize.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|deomurari|deomurari}}<br />Jamnagar, Gujarat, [[India]]]] | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 8 March 2010
- Anthropoides virgo
Grus virgo
Identification
85-100cm
- Grey white plumage
- Long white neck stripe
- Black marking on foreneck reaching breast
- Red iris
- Black legs
Distribution
Palearctic; winters in north-east Africa and southern Asia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Salt lakes, damp marshes, swamps and meadows near water or arid areas if water is closeby.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds, grains and large insects.
Breeding
It nests in a shallow scrape which may be lined with pebbles. The 2 yellow-green, lavender spotted eggs are incubated by both parents for 27-29 days. The young fledge 55-60 days later.
Vocalisation
Call: loud trumpeting sound.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
- BirdLife International
- Animal Diversity
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Demoiselle Crane. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Demoiselle_Crane
