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  2. White-naped crane - Wikipedia

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    The white-naped crane (Antigone vipio, formerly Grus vipio, also known as the Daurian crane [3] in Russian sources) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae.It is a large bird measuring 112–125 cm (44–49 in) long, about 130 cm (4.3 ft) tall, and weighing about 5.6 kg (12 lb), with pinkish legs, a grey-and-white-striped neck, and a red face patch.

  3. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the Siberian crane was moved to the resurrected monotypic genus Leucogeranus, while the sandhill crane, the white-naped crane, the sarus crane, and the brolga were moved to the resurrected genus Antigone. [1]

  4. Antigone (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus to be used for the sarus crane or its old name Grus major Indica because he was confused between Greek princesses Antigone of Troy who turned into a stork and Gerana who turned into the crane. [3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus was polyphyletic. [4]

  5. The crane attacked potential mates. But then she fell ... - AOL

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    Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42. “Walnut was a unique individual with a vivacious personality,” Crowe said, in a statement released by the ...

  6. List of cranes - Wikipedia

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    The species with the smallest estimated population is the whooping crane, which is conservatively thought to number 50–249 mature individuals, [5] and the one with the largest is the sandhill crane, which has an estimated population of 450,000–550,000 mature individuals.

  7. Gruiformes - Wikipedia

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    Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that did not seem to belong to any other order were classified together as Gruiformes. These include 15 species of large cranes , about 145 species of smaller crakes and rails , as well as a variety of families comprising one to three species , such as ...

  8. File:Grus vipio (White-naped Crane) at Saijo,Ehime.jpg ...

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  9. Red-crowned crane - Wikipedia

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    The crane is carved in a South Korean 500 won coin. In Korea, the red-crowned crane is called durumi or hak and it is considered a symbol of longevity, purity, and peace. Korean seonbis regarded the bird as an icon of their constancy. The red-crowned crane is depicted on the South Korean 500 won coin and is the symbol of Incheon.