Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis - Grue du Canada

Grue du Canada
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Gruidés

  • Genus
    :

    Antigone

  • Species
    :

    canadensis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 122 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 160 à 229 cm.
  • Weight
    : 3200 à 5200 g
Longevity

25 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grue du Canada
adult plum. post breeding
Grue du Canada
adult plum. breeding

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of bird in the Gruidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Antigone canadensis canadensis (ne Siberia through Alaska and n Canada to Baffin I.)
  • Antigone canadensis tabida (s Canada, w and c USA)
  • Antigone canadensis pratensis (Georgia and Florida. USA.)
  • Antigone canadensis pulla (Mississippi. USA.)
  • Antigone canadensis nesiotes (Cuba, Isle of Pines)

Foreign names

  • Grue du Canada,
  • Grulla canadiense,
  • grou-americano,
  • Kanadakranich,
  • kanadai daru,
  • Canadese Kraanvogel,
  • Gru canadese,
  • prärietrana,
  • Kanadatrane,
  • žeriav plavokrký,
  • jeřáb kanadský,
  • Prærietrane,
  • hietakurki,
  • grua del Canadà,
  • Mótrana,
  • żuraw kanadyjski,
  • Kanādas dzērve,
  • kanadski žerjav,
  • Канадский журавль,
  • カナダヅル,
  • 沙丘鹤,
  • prärietrana,
  • 沙丘鶴,

Voice song and call

Grue du Canada
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Grue du Canada
adult

Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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