Cranes (Gruidae)
Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) - HBW 3, p. 88
French: Grue moine
German: Mönchskranich
Spanish: Grulla Monje
Taxonomy: Grus monacha Temminck, 1835, Hokkaido and Korea.
Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Russia and N China. Winters mainly in S Japan; also South Korea and C & E China.
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A group of juveniles (brown head) and adults eating grains. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 4.8 -
Adult birds calling on a field. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4.8 -
A large concentration of birds, including also many White-naped Cranes, at a feeding station. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 49 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of an adult bird after feeding. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 4.5 -
A bird drinking. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A large concentration of feeding birds, including also many White-naped Cranes, and suddenly many of them taking off. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 40 sec 4.5
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A close-up of a bird after feeding.
Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
A close-up of a bird at feeding station.
Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
A bird on a field
Locality Kyushu, Japan
Aleix Comas 6 January 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
An adult bird calling among juvenile Hooded Crane (left), and juvenile and adult White-naped Crane (right).
Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Several birds calling.
Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Two adults and a juvenile in flight.
Locality Poyang Lake, Jiangxi, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 2 December 2008 1 year ago 2.7
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Calls of a pair. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 5 -
Calls of several birds. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 5 -
Several birds calling. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 5
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