Cranes (Gruidae)
White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) - HBW 3, p. 87
French: Grue à cou blanc
German: Weißnackenkranich
Spanish: Grulla Cuelliblanca
Other common names: Japanese White-necked Crane
Taxonomy: Grus vipio Pallas, 1811, Transbaikalia.
Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Mongolia, NE China and extreme SE Russia. Winters in Korea, S Japan and CE China, along middle and lower R Yangtze.
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Several birds dancing and displaying. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 4.8 -
Several birds fighting. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 4.8 -
An adult bird fighting with two adult birds and then a juvenile comes to help them. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 4.7 -
Two birds performing a dancing display. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 1 min 8 sec 4.7 -
A large concentration of birds, including also many Hooded Cranes, at a feeding station. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 49 sec 4.6 -
Two birds feeding and dancing Locality DMZ-Demilitarized Zone, South Korea (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 30 November 1999 5 years ago 30 sec 4.6
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Adult bird on a nest.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 26 June 2009 41 weeks ago 4.4 -
A white-naped crane in the Zhalong Nature Reserve near Qiqihar.
Locality Zhalong Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang, China (Northern)
Rémi Bigonneau 20 September 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
a young bird
Locality Vogelpark Niendorf, Timmendorfer Strand, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Rainer Mönke 17 September 2011 1 year ago 4 -
An adult bird an a juvenile to compare plumages, in a large concentration (feeding station).
Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A group flying on the sunrise.
Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
An individual in flight, seen from below.
Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 29 January 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8
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Calls Locality San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 18 March 2010 1 year ago 5 -
A group of birds calling and also many juveniles chirping. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 5 -
Several pairs calling while displaying and several juveniles chirping on the background. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 4.7 -
Large flock calling at a distance in wind Locality Poyang Lake, Jiangxi, China (Northern)
Desmond Allen 26 December 1995 3 years ago 2
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