Birds of the World

    GRUIFORMES: Gruidae (Cranes)  
Genus: Grus (8 species)


Whooping Crane
Whooping Crane (Grus americana) Endangered
Range: NA: c Canada and c USA
Paynes Prairie Preserve, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Danny Bales   © All Rights Reserved.


Wattled Crane
Wattled Crane (Grus carunculata)
Range: AF: DR Congo and Tanzania to Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Common Crane
Common Crane (Grus grus)
Range: PAL: widespread
Loch of Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info

Common Crane
Common Crane (Grus grus)
Range: PAL: widespread
Hortobagy National Park, Hungary  
 
Photograph by Andrej Chudy     Copyright and usage info


Red-crowned Crane
Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) Female Vulnerable
Range: PAL: se Siberia, ne China and Japan
 
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Hooded Crane
Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) Vulnerable
Range: PAL: se Siberia and n China
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Black-necked Crane
Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) Near Threatened
Range: PAL: Tibet and wc China
Sichuan, China  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Blue Crane
Blue Crane (Grus paradisea)
Range: AF: South Africa
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Demoiselle Crane
Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo)
Range: PAL: nw Africa, e Turkey, sw Russia to n China
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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