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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.

Vulnerable

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Two adults and a juvenile on the ground. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 29 January 2010 11 weeks ago 4.5
Portrait of a adult bird. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 2 June 2012 41 weeks ago 4.3
Adults and juveniles feeding on a wetland. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 29 January 2010 11 weeks ago 4.3
Large concentration at feeding station. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 29 January 2010 11 weeks ago 4
Large concentration of birds among White-naped Cranes, at a feeding station. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 29 January 2010 11 weeks ago 4
Two adults in flight. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 29 January 2010 11 weeks ago 4

Sounds

Calls of a pair. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 5
Calls of several birds. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 5
Several birds calling. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 5

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