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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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    They are large birds with long necks and legs, a tapering form, and long secondary feathers on the wing that project over the tail. [2] Most species have muted gray or white plumages, marked with black, and red bare patches on the face, but the crowned cranes of the genus Balearica have vibrantly-coloured wings and golden "crowns" of feathers ...

  4. Grus (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.. The genus Grus was erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. [1] The name Grus is the Latin word for "crane". [2]

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    The new license plate, which benefits the International Crane Foundation, is available starting Wednesday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  6. File:Whooping Crane Gary Leavens.jpg - Wikipedia

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  7. Men hid endangered birds they killed, but hunters stumbled ...

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    A group of Oklahoma hunters are accused of killing endangered whooping cranes and hiding the bodies — but one of the birds wasn’t dead.. The four men, all between 32 and 43 years old, shot the ...

  8. File:Whooping Crane, Osceola Co.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The Greek for crane is Γερανος (geranos), which gives us the cranesbill, or hardy geranium. The crane was a bird of omen. In the tale of Ibycus and the cranes, a thief attacked Ibycus (a poet of the sixth century BCE) and left him for dead. Ibycus called to a flock of passing cranes, which followed the attacker to a theater and hovered ...