Cranes (Gruidae)
Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) - HBW 3, p. 89
French: Grue à cou noir
German: Schwarzhalskranich
Spanish: Grulla Cuellinegra
Taxonomy: Grus nigricollis Przevalski, 1876, Tsinghai Province, China.
Monotypic.
Distribution: E Ladakh (NW India) through Tibet to Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan (W & C China). Winters from S Tibet-Qinghai Plateau, Bhutan and NW Arunachal Pradesh (NE India) E to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau (SC China).
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An adult arranging its nest to incubate Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 June 2005 6 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
Two birds in a marsh, one of them dancing. Locality Hongyuan County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 June 2011 1 year ago 52 sec 4.1 -
Two birds foraging Locality Zoige (Ruoergai) County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 18 May 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 4 -
An adult looking for food on a pond Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 June 2005 6 years ago 29 sec 3.7 -
A bird walking and feeding on the steppe Locality Maduo wetlands, Qinghai, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 15 August 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 3.6 -
A bird feeding on the grass Locality Maduo wetlands, Qinghai, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 6 August 2005 6 years ago 24 sec 3.2
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A pair displaying close to a wetland.
Locality Zoige (Ruoergai) County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 June 2011 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
A pair in the snow.
Locality Hongyuan County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 13 May 2005 4 years ago 4.1 -
Adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 15 October 2011 41 weeks ago 4 -
Close-up of a bird in flight.
Locality Caohai Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 8 December 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
A couple on the banks of Tso Kar lake
Locality Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Laurige Boyer 1 August 2012 9 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult bird preening.
Locality Riga Zoo, Riga, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 31 August 2011 1 year ago 3.6
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