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  2. Red-crowned crane - Wikipedia

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    The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Manchurian crane (traditional Chinese: 丹頂鶴; simplified Chinese: 丹顶鹤; pinyin: dāndǐng hè; Japanese: 丹頂鶴 or タンチョウヅル; rōmaji: tanchōzuru; Korean: 두루미; romaja: durumi; the Chinese character '丹' means 'red', '頂/顶' means 'crown' and '鶴/鹤' means 'crane'), is a large East Asian crane among the ...

  3. Whooping crane - Wikipedia

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    A whooping crane foraging on a cattle ranch in Osceola County, Florida. These birds forage while walking in shallow water or in fields, sometimes probing with their bills. They are omnivorous but tend to be more inclined to animal material than most other cranes. Only the red-crowned crane may have a more carnivorous diet among living cranes. [38]

  4. Brolga - Wikipedia

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    Brolgas probably rival black-necked storks and sarus cranes as the tallest flying birds in Australia. [4] [5] The brolga can easily be confused with the sarus crane, but the latter's red head-colouring extends partly down the neck, while the brolga's is confined to the head. The brolga is more silvery-grey in colour than the sarus, the legs are ...

  5. Vulnerable red-crowned crane chick ventures outside at ... - AOL

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    Red-crowned cranes, sometimes known as Manchurian cranes, are among the rarest cranes in the world. In 2020, winter counts recorded more than 3,800 red-crowned cranes, including about 1,900 in ...

  6. List of cranes - Wikipedia

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    Clockwise from top left: blue cranes, sandhill cranes, grey crowned cranes, and red-crowned cranes Cranes are tall wading birds in the family Gruidae. Cranes are found on every continent except for South America and Antarctica and inhabit a variety of open habitats, although most species prefer to live near water. [ 1 ]

  7. List of birds of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". Demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo (A) Siberian crane, Leucogeranus leucogeranus (A) Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis (A)

  8. List of birds of Korea - Wikipedia

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    Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". There are 15 species worldwide, 7 Korean species. White-naped crane. White-naped crane, Grus vipio; Hooded crane, Grus monacha

  9. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    Cranes are very large birds, often considered the world's tallest flying birds. They range in size from the demoiselle crane, which measures 90 cm (35 in) in length, to the sarus crane, which can be up to 176 cm (69 in), although the heaviest is the red-crowned crane, which can weigh 12 kg (26 lb) prior to migrating.