Cranes (Gruidae)
Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
French: Grue demoiselle German: Jungfernkranich Spanish: Grulla Damisela
Taxonomy:
Ardea Virgo Linnaeus, 1758, India.
Genus sometimes merged with Grus, but usually considered sufficiently distinct. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Eurasia, from Black Sea E to Mongolia and NE China. Winters in Indian Subcontinent and in sub-Saharan Africa from L Chad to Ethiopia. Small, disjunct breeding populations in Turkey and in Atlas Mts, NW Africa.
- Least Concern
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A close-up of a bird scratching its head Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 3 years ago 25 sec 4.6 -
A pair walking Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 4 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
Two adults feeding in a field Kurgalzhinsky Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan
Jean Hupperetz 30 April 1999 6 years ago 19 sec 3.6 -
A flock soaring in the sky Veer Dam, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
Chandrahas Kolhatk... 28 December 2002 4 years ago 27 sec 3.4 -
Birds feeding on grains in an encloser at Khichan, Rajasthan Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1994 9 weeks ago 16 sec 3 -
A pair with two juveniles, displaying, foraging and preening. Vogelpark Walsrode, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 43 weeks ago 50 sec 3
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A portrait Vogelpark Marlow, Marlow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Rainer Mönke 8 July 2007 12 weeks ago 4 -
Demoiselle Crane Gujarat, India
Subramanya_CK 12 January 2010 5 weeks ago 3.7 -
Portrait of an adult bird. Faunia Park, Moratalaz, Madrid, Spain
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 5 January 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
An adult bird. Faunia Park, Moratalaz, Madrid, Spain
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 5 January 2008 1 year ago 3.3 -
A standing bird. Frankfurt Zoo, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Stefan Helming 8 November 2008 1 year ago 3 -
A group of birds in flight Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 21 February 2008 48 weeks ago 2.5
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Calls of flock feeding and flying Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 December 1990 11 weeks ago 4 -
Soft contact calls of 3 individuals London Wetland Centre, London, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 5 weeks ago 3
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