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The black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan.It is 139 cm (55 in) long with a 235 cm (7.71 ft) wingspan, and it weighs 5.5 kg (12 lb).
Black-necked crane, Grus nigricollis. Black-necked cranes in Bhutan (Grus nigricollis) are winter visitors during late October to mid February to the Phobjikha Valley as well as Ladakh, India, and Arunachal Pradesh, India. They arrive from the Tibetan Plateau, where they breed in the summer.
Genus Grus – Brisson, 1760 – 8 species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range IUCN status and estimated population Wattled crane. G. carunculata [b] (Gmelin, J. F., 1789) Southern and eastern Africa VU 6,000–6,300 [18] Blue crane. G. paradisea [c] (Lichtenstein, A. A. H., 1793) Southern Africa VU 17,000–30,000 [19] Demoiselle ...
A pair of black-necked cranes (Grus nigricollis) foraging. The cranes consume a wide range of food, both animal and plant matter. When feeding on land, they consume seeds, leaves, nuts and acorns, berries, fruit, insects, worms, snails, small reptiles, mammals, and birds.
Black-necked crane The Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan . The HBW / BirdLife and Clements checklists place the demoiselle crane and blue crane in the genus Anthropoides , and the wattled crane in the monospecific genus Bugeranus , leaving only the red-crowned, whooping, common, hooded, and black-necked cranes in the genus Grus .
English: Black Necked Cranes (Grus nigricollis) pair at Tsokar, Ladakh – These birds are one of the rarest species found in India, about a 100 odd pairs have made Tsokar and its adjacent areas their breeding grounds.These birds feed on small arthropods,reptiles and crustaceans. These need to conserved at the earliest.
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". Sarus crane, Antigone antigone; Common crane, Grus grus; Black-necked crane, Grus nigricollis
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; Sarus crane, Antigone antigone; Common crane, Grus grus; Black-necked crane, Grus nigricollis