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Red-crowned Crane

Grus japonensis

The Red-crowned Crane is a beautiful bird known for its striking red crown and long legs. They are graceful dancers and often perform special dances to attract mates.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Red-crowned Crane has striking pure white plumage, contrasted by a black neck and black secondary wing feathers. Its most unique feature is a vibrant patch of bare red skin on its crown, which brightens during mating season. It stands tall on long, dark legs.

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Red-crowned Crane

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Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A Red-crowned Crane's chick can walk and even swim just hours after hatching!

Some Red-crowned Cranes stay in one place all year, even through freezing cold winters!

These cranes are amazing dancers, performing graceful leaps and bows to find a mate!

They use their long bills to find yummy snacks hidden deep underwater or in mud!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Sound Amplifier

Red-crowned Cranes can produce loud trumpeting calls because their long windpipe coils into their sternum, amplifying their voice for distant communication.

Fähigkeit

Graceful Glide

Red-crowned Cranes have broad wings that help them soar effortlessly on air currents, conserving energy during long migratory flights.

Fähigkeit

Winter Wanderer

Red-crowned Cranes can endure harsh cold winters because some populations are resident, adapting to icy wetlands to find food.

Maße und Details

Länge
100-158 cm
Flügelspannweite
220-250 cm
Gewicht
7-10 kg
Lebenserwartung
15-20 Jahre
Top Speed
100 km/h
Gelegegröße
1-3
Brutzeit
29-34 Tage
Zugstrecke
2000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tall birds are omnivores, eating small animals and plants found in wetlands.

Hauptnahrung

  • fish
  • frogs
  • insects
  • aquatic plants
  • seeds
  • small rodents

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Amur Frog

Rana chensinensis

Cranes hunt these frogs in wetlands.

eats

Oriental Weatherfish

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

A favorite food, caught with their sharp bills.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Foxes can try to eat crane eggs or young chicks.

eats

Rice

Oryza sativa

Cranes sometimes forage for fallen grains in rice fields.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Japanese CraneManchurian Crane

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Red-crowned Crane?

100-158 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red-crowned Crane?

220-250 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Red-crowned Crane?

7-10 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red-crowned Crane?

15-20 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Red-crowned Crane?

100 km/h

Was frisst Red-crowned Crane?

These tall birds are omnivores, eating small animals and plants found in wetlands.

Wo findet man Red-crowned Crane normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Red-crowned Crane?

Foraging

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