Cranes (Gruidae)
Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) - HBW 3, p. 88
French: Grue cendrée
German: Kranich
Spanish: Grulla Común
Other common names: Common Crane
Taxonomy: Ardea Grus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Sometimes divided into W and E races, with lilfordi for E birds; division based on plumage colour variations, due in part to differences in feather-painting behaviour, and no longer widely accepted. Monotypic.
Distribution: Scandinavia and NE Europe to NC China and Russian Far East; also Turkey and Caucasus, in Armenia and possibly Azerbaijan. Winters in France, Iberian Peninsula, NW & NE Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, India and S & E China.
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Head, beak and eye details Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Per Johan 16 April 2007 2 years ago 1 min 59 sec 4.9 -
Cranes dance Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Per Johan 11 April 2008 2 years ago 1 min 38 sec 4.8 -
Foraging walking in shallow water Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Per Johan 16 April 2007 2 years ago 47 sec 4.7 -
Several birds displaying and calling Locality Gallocanta lagoon, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 21 February 2008 5 years ago 23 sec 4.6 -
A group feeding and two males calling Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden (Monotypic species)
Bruno Schmetz 20 April 2001 9 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A huge group of birds flying Locality Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Monotypic species)
Gerhard Schmidt 29 February 2008 5 years ago 45 sec 4.3
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A adult in flight
Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Franck Renard 12 April 2005 4 years ago 4.6 -
Close-up of an Eurasian Crane adult
Locality Cañada de los Pájaros Reserve, La Puebla del Río, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Miguel Ángel Cuéllar Carr... 28 October 2012 27 weeks ago 4.4 -
An adult crane looking directly into the camera lens.
Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden (Monotypic species)
Stefan J Nilsson 30 March 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Dancing display.
Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden (Monotypic species)
Henrik Bringsøe 9 April 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Subadult
Locality Lith, North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Paul Cools 5 February 2009 30 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird flying on majestic wings
Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Hans Petter Kristoffersen 1 April 2012 1 year ago 4.1
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A group of birds on a field, taking off and flying. Locality Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Calling on the wing Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 2003 3 years ago 4 -
Calls of a flock taking flight and going away Locality Gallocanta lagoon, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 16 December 2006 3 years ago 4 -
Calls of a flock flying over Locality Gallocanta lagoon, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 16 December 2006 3 years ago 4 -
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Birds flying to their noctural roost calling Locality Hortobágy National Park, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary
(ssp grus)
Eric Roualet 26 October 2010 11 weeks ago 0 -
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Two birds calling (use headphones) Locality Årnestangen, Oslo & Akershus, Norway
(Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 17 July 2009 19 weeks ago 0
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