Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Two other species are considered endangered, seven are considered vulnerable, and one is considered near-threatened. 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 ...
The name Grus is the Latin word for "crane". [2] The German ornithologist Peter Simon Pallas was sometimes credited with erecting the genus in 1766 [ 3 ] but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled in 1956 that Brisson should have priority.
Grey now represents this experimental group. 19:24, 15 February 2012: 1,712 × 1,992 (338 KB) Agricolae: ... Grus americana; Usage on ka.wikipedia.org
This page was last edited on 14 December 2021, at 01:51 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
The only two species that do not always roost in wetlands are the two African crowned cranes (Balearica), which are the only cranes to roost in trees. [5] Some crane species are sedentary, remaining in the same area throughout the year, while others are highly migratory, traveling thousands of kilometres each year from their breeding sites. A ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Pages for logged out editors learn more