Common Crane vs Demoiselle Crane

Common Crane

Grus grus

Huge5.5 kgWetland

The common crane is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane. It is 100–130 cm (39–51 in) long with a 180–240 cm (71–94 in) wingspan. The body weight can range from 3 to 6.1 kg (6.6 to 13.4 lb), with the nominate subspecies averaging around 5.4 kg (12 lb) and the eastern subspecies (G. g. lilfordi) averaging 4.6 kg (10 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 50.7–60.8 cm (20.0–23.9 in) long, the tarsus is 20.1–25.2 cm (7.9–9.9 in) and the exposed culmen is 9.5–11.6 cm (3.7–4.6 in).

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Recorded by Grégoire Chauvot · Call · Leksand, Leksand Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden · CC0

Photo: Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen · CC BY 4.0

Demoiselle Crane

Grus virgo

Huge2.4 kgGrassland

The demoiselle is 85–100 cm (33.5–39.5 in) long, 76 cm (30 in) tall and has a 155–180 cm (61–71 in) wingspan. It weighs 2–3 kg (4.4–6.6 lb). It is the smallest species of crane. The demoiselle crane is slightly smaller than the common crane but has similar plumage. It has a long white neck stripe and the black on the foreneck extends down over the chest in a plume. It has a loud trumpeting call, higher-pitched than the common crane. Like other cranes it has a dancing display, more balletic than the common crane, with less leaping.

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Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Flight call · Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0

Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

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