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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 birds of Ohio - 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 Ohio. Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis (B) Whooping crane, Grus americana (R)

  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. [6]

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

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    In the federal government's quest to protect whooping cranes from extinction, they decided to introduce a population of whooping cranes from the center of North America that nest in Canada and ...

  6. Wayne County leads the way in first official Ohio sandhill ...

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    Conducted in pre-selected counties known to have sandhill crane nesting habitat Wayne County topped the list. Holmes had 18; Ashland, 11.

  7. Volunteers need for Ohio's fourth annual sandhill crane count

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    Volunteers are being sought to count sandhill cranes in 32 Ohio counties, including Richland, Ashland, Marion, Morrow, Wayne, Knox and Wyandot.

  8. Grus (genus) - Wikipedia

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    There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. Grus japonensis: Red-crowned crane: Siberia (eastern Russia), northeastern China, Hokkaidō (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 ...

  9. Badlands National Park - Wikipedia

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    The black-footed ferret and whooping crane are on the endangered species list. [38] The black-footed ferret population inside the Badlands National Park has recovered to a population of approximately 100 individuals. [39] This whooping crane population in the Badlands National Park is considered a non-self-sustaining wild population. [40]