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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Whooping crane, Grus americana Whooping cranes can only be found in Canada and the U.S. With white feathers and black-tipped wings, the whooping cranes cut a striking figure in the sky.
Whooping crane: Grus americana: 382 [13] EN [13] [13] Number refers to wild population only, of which 266 are considered self-sustaining. [13] Okinawa rail ...
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 ...
Robert Porter Allen (24 April 1905 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania – 28 June 1963) was an American ornithologist and environmentalist.He achieved worldwide attention for his rescue operations of the whooping crane (Grus Americana) in the 1940s and 1950s.Allen helped save the roseate spoonbill from extinction. [1]
Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) in captivity at Martin Mere, UK Red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) The family name Gruidae comes from the genus Grus, this genus name is obtained from the epithet of the common crane which is Ardea grus, it is named by Carl Linnaeus from the Latin word grus meaning "crane". [9]