Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cranes :: Red-crowned Crane

Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis

Described by: Müller, Statius (1776)
Alternate common name(s): Japanese Crane, Manchurian Crane
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Akan Crane Center, Akan, Hokkaido, Japan - Nov 16, 2002 © William Hull  Lake Toro, Hokkaido, Japan - Nov 16, 2002 © William Hull  Itoh Crane Center, Tsuruimura, Hokkaido, Japan - Nov 17, 2002 © William Hull  Itoh Crane Center, Tsuruimura, Hokkaido, Japan - Nov 17, 2002 © William Hull  Itoh Crane Center, Tsuruimura, Hokkaido, Japan - Nov 17, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

Ex. ec. Asia;
Two populations;
Ne. Mongolia, ne. China (Manchuria, Zhhalong Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang) and ex. se. Siberia. N. Japan (Kushiro, Akkeshi-ko Benkanbeushi Marshes and Lake Furen, Nemuro City, ne. Hokkaido).
Migrates from the Kuril Is. to Hokkaido.
Winters in n. Japan (Hokkaido), Korea and ce. China w. to Shannxi Province and mostly in and around Jiangsu, Yancheng Nature Reserve.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: International Crane Foundation

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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