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WetlandPlatform nestHuge · 5.9 kg
What the Siberian Crane sounds like
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Adults of both sexes have a pure white plumage except for the black primaries, alula and primary coverts. The fore-crown, face and side of head is bare and brick red, the bill is dark and the legs are pinkish. The iris is yellowish. Juveniles are feathered on the face and the plumage is dingy brown. There are no elongated tertial feathers as in some other crane species. During breeding season, both the male and female cranes are often seen with mud streaking their feathers; they may intentionally smear mud on their feathers, which has been hypothesized to aid camouflage on the nest.
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When to see the Siberian Crane
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Siberian Crane
The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Mongolia, United Arab Emirates.
About the Siberian Crane
The Siberian crane, also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their black primary feathers that are visible in flight, and with two breeding populations in the Arctic tundra of western and eastern Russia. The eastern populations migrate during winter to China, while the western population winters in Iran and (formerly) in Bharatpur, India.
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Easily confused with
Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavoninaThe black crowned crane can measure up to 105 cm (41 in) in length, weigh between 3,000–4,000 g (110–140 oz) and has a wingspan of 180–200 cm (71–79 in).
Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisAdult red-crowned cranes are named for a patch of red bare skin on the crown, which becomes brighter during the mating season.
Black-necked CraneGrus nigricollisThis medium-sized crane is mostly grey with a black head and neck.
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