Cranes (Gruidae)
Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) - HBW 3, p. 83
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.
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An individual preening while another one is resting. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 28 sec 4.5 -
Two birds on the edge of a lake and one of them drinking. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 22 sec 4.4 -
Two adults and three juveniles on the edge of a lake, looking around and foraging. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 5 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 21 sec 4.3 -
A small group of birds drinking. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 27 sec 4.3 -
An adult (right) and an immature (greyer) drinking together on a lake. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 29 sec 4.3 -
Several birds in flight, landing on sand dunes among the big group. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 15 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 34 sec 4.3
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An adult waiting for its chick.
Locality East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 1 June 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Two adult birds satnding on the water, on one leg.
Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
An adult walking.
Locality East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 1 June 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A chick walking.
Locality East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 30 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Bird eating on the grass.
Locality Altai Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Sergey Pisarevsky 16 June 2011 17 weeks ago 3.8 -
Demoiselle Crane with Respected Dr.Josep Del Hoyo,(Director of IBC web site), Jordy Sargatal,Park Director and Professor Eduardo
Locality Kinchan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India
Vaibhav Mishra 23 February 2011 40 weeks ago 3.7
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Calls of a big group standing on a edge of the lake. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
Calls of a large concentration of birds at a feeding station. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
Calls of a big group of birds taking off and flying away. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 4 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
Calls of a group of birds standing on the ground. Locality Nawa Talao Lake, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 5 weeks ago 4 -
A big group of birds in flight. Locality Nawa Talao Lake, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 5 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of flock feeding and flying Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 December 1990 2 years ago 4
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