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Photo by Ingo

Grus monacha

Identification

1 m long, wingspan 1.87 m
Grey body, top of neck and head white, bare red skin above hazel-yellow eye, legs and toes black.
Sexes alike though male slightly larger.

Juvenile crown is covered with black and white feathers during the first year, with some brownish or greyish wash on their body feathers.

Distribution

Photo by edenwatcher
Arasaki, Kyushu, Japan, February 2008

Breeds Siberia and Manchuria
Winters to southern China, Korea and Japan

Taxonomy

A monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Breeds in sphagnum bogs, forested wetlands in mountain valleys. Winters on cultivated rice fields and wetlands.

Behaviour

Breeding

Nests are made of damp moss, peat, sedge stalks and leaves, and branches of larch and birch. Two eggs are laid and incubated by both parents for 27-30 days.

Diet

Diet includes aquatic plants, berries, insects, frogs, salamanders, roots, rhizomes, seeds, grass, and small animals.

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
International Crane Foundation
BF Member observations

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hooded Crane. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hooded_Crane

External Links

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+[[Image:Hooded_Crane.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''Ingo''']]
 ;[[:Category:Grus|Grus]] monacha
-[[Image:Hooded_Crane.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''Ingo''']]
 ==Identification==
-m (3.3 ft) long, a weight of 3.7 kg (8.2 lbs) and a wingspan of 1.87 m (6.2 ft).   Grey body, top of neck and head white, bare red skin above eye, eye hazel yellow, legs and toes black.  Sexes identical though male slightly larger.
+m long, wingspan 1.87 m <br />
+Grey body, top of neck and head white, bare red skin above  hazel-yellow eye, legs and toes black. <br /> Sexes alike though male slightly larger.
-Juvenile crown are covered with black and white feathers during the first year, and exhibit some brownish or greyish wash on their body feathers.
+'''Juvenile''' crown is covered with black and white feathers during the first year, with some brownish or greyish wash on their body feathers.
 ==Distribution==
-[[Siberia]].
+[[Image:Hooded crane11.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|edenwatcher|edenwatcher}}<br />Arasaki, Kyushu, Japan, February 2008]]
+'''Breeds''' [[Siberia]] and Manchuria<br />
+'''Winters''' to southern [[China]], [[Korea]] and [[Japan]]
 ==Taxonomy==
-A monotypic species.
+A monotypic species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
-Sphagnum bogs, forested wetlands in mountain valleys.
+Breeds in sphagnum bogs, forested wetlands in mountain valleys. Winters on cultivated rice fields and wetlands.
 ==Behaviour==
-Nests are made of damp moss, peat, sedge stalks and leaves, and branches of larch and birch.  2 eggs are laid and incubated by both parents for 27-30 days.
+====Breeding====
+Nests are made of damp moss, peat, sedge stalks and leaves, and branches of larch and birch.  Two eggs are laid and incubated by both parents for 27-30 days.
-Diet includes aquatic plants, berries, insects, frogs, salamanders, roots, rhizomes, seeds, grass, and small animals.
+====Diet====
+Diet includes aquatic plants, berries, insects, frogs, salamanders, roots, rhizomes, seeds, grass, and small animals.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Wikipedia
+#International Crane Foundation
+#BF Member observations
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Grus+monacha}}
 [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Grus]]