Red-crowned Crane

Grus japonensis - Grue du Japon

Grue du Japon
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Gruidés

  • Genus
    :

    Grus

  • Species
    :

    japonensis

Descriptor

Müller, PLS, 1776

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 150 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 220 à 250 cm.
  • Weight
    : 7000 à 10000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grue du Japon
adult
Grue du Japon
immature

Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) is a species of bird in the Gruidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Grue du Japon,
  • Grulla manchú,
  • grou-da-manchúria,
  • Mandschurenkranich,
  • mandzsu daru,
  • Chinese Kraanvogel,
  • Gru della Manciuria,
  • japansk trana,
  • Japantrane,
  • žeriav čierno-biely,
  • jeřáb mandžuský,
  • Japansk Trane,
  • mantsuriankurki,
  • grua del Japó,
  • żuraw mandżurski,
  • Japānas dzērve,
  • Японский журавль,
  • タンチョウ,
  • 丹顶鹤,
  • 丹頂鶴,

Voice song and cries

Grue du Japon
adult

Habitat

Grue du Japon
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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