Common Crane
Grus grus - Grue cendrée
Systematics
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family:
Gruidés
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Genus:
Grus
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Species:
grus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 115 cm
- Wingspan: 180 à 200 cm.
- Weight: 4000 à 7000 g
Longevity
17 years
Geographic range
Identification
Common Crane (Grus grus) is a species of bird in the Gruidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Grue cendrée,
- Grulla común,
- grou-eurasiático,
- Kranich,
- daru,
- Kraanvogel,
- Gru,
- trana,
- Trane,
- žeriav popolavý,
- jeřáb popelavý,
- Trane,
- kurki,
- grua europea,
- Grátrana,
- żuraw (zwyczajny),
- dzērve,
- žerjav,
- Серый журавль,
- クロヅル,
- 灰鹤,
- นกกกระเรียนพันธุ์ยุโรป,
- 灰鶴,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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