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  2. Common crane - Wikipedia

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    The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) and the Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) that only are regular in the far eastern part of the continent.

  3. List of birds by flight heights - Wikipedia

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    Common crane: Grus grus: Gruidae: 10,000 metres (33,000 feet) This height was recorded above the Himalayas. [2] This great height allows them to avoid eagles in mountain passes. [2] Bar-headed goose: Anser indicus: Anatidae: 8,800 metres (29,000 feet) [2] [4] [5] They also fly over the peaks of the Himalayas on their migratory path. [4] Whooper ...

  4. 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.

  5. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    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] The 15 living species of cranes are placed in four genera. [1]

  6. Cranes of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    A common crane photographed in Slimbridge. Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes.Two species occur as wild birds in Great Britain: the common crane (Grus grus), a scarce migrant and very localised breeding resident currently being reintroduced to the country, and the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), an extreme vagrant from North America.

  7. Gruiformes - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Siberian crane - Wikipedia

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    The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their black primary feathers that are visible in flight, and with two breeding populations in the Arctic tundra of western and eastern Russia.

  9. List of birds of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The common crane. Order: Gruiformes Family: Gruidae. 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; Ancient Egyptian wDc "splitter" (?)