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  2. Whooping crane - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. List of cranes - Wikipedia

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    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 population of 450,000–550,000 mature individuals.

  4. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The cranes, being light of wing, fled away at his approach, while the geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured. The cranes' beauty and spectacular mating dances have made them highly symbolic birds in many cultures with records dating back to ancient times.

  5. Why are there so many sandhill cranes in Wisconsin right now?

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    No, sandhill cranes are not currently endangered, although they used to be. However, North America's other crane species, the whooping crane, is endangered. Only about 80-to-85 whooping cranes ...

  6. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Grus americana

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    Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Sep 2010 at 06:08:18 (UTC). Original - The Whooping Crane, Grus americana, is an endangered species with an estimated population of 535.

  7. List of birds of South Carolina - 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". Two species have been recorded in South Carolina. Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis; Whooping crane, Grus americana (R)

  8. Sandhill crane - Wikipedia

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    The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to their habitat such as the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Great Plains. Sandhill cranes are known to frequent the edges of bodies of water.

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