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The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, [3] [1] named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species. [3]
Grus japonensis: Red-crowned crane: Siberia (eastern Russia), northeastern China, HokkaidÅ (northern Japan), the Korean Peninsula, and occasionally in northeastern Mongolia. Grus americana: Whooping crane: North America Grus grus: Common crane: Europe, Asia and northern Africa Grus monacha: Hooded crane: South-central and south-eastern Siberia ...
Grus is sometimes further divided into three distinct genera, with the wattled crane being split out as Bugeranus and the blue and demoiselle cranes being split out as Anthropoides. [11] Subfamily Balearicinae. Genus Balearica: two species; Subfamily Gruinae. Genus Leucogeranus: one species; Genus Antigone: four species; Genus Grus: eight species
Sunbittern, kagu, and mesites all group within Metaves but all the other lineages of "Gruiformes" group either with a collection of waterbirds or landbirds within Coronaves. This division has been upheld by the combined analysis of as many as 30 independent loci (Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett et al. 2008), but is dependent on the inclusion of ...
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Grus americana: 382 [13] EN [13] [13] Number refers to wild population only, of which 266 are considered self-sustaining. [13] Okinawa rail: Gallirallus okinawae: 720 [14] EN [14] [14] Buff-breasted buttonquail: Turnix olivii: 750 [15] EN [15] [15] White-winged flufftail: Sarothrura ayresi: 865 – 880 [16] EN [16] [16] Madagascan wood rail ...
Most have elaborate and noisy courtship displays or "dances". When in a group, they may also "dance" for no particular reason, jumping up and down in an elegant manner, seemingly just for pleasure or to attract a mate. Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis; Whooping crane, Grus americana (e; reintroduction program in progress)
The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) and the Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) that only are regular in the far eastern part of the continent.