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 LC    Demoiselle Crane* Id (Atlas):
    Anthropoides virgo

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Anthropoides virgo [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Anthropoides virgo [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Anthropoides virgo [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)]

Family
Gruidae (Cranes)

Size
90 - 100 cm
Wingspan: 165 - 185 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (P), Armenia (P), Azerbaijan (P), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Chad, China (mainland), Cyprus (P), Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran [Islamic Republic of], Iraq (NB) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Moldova [Republic of] (B), Mongolia (B), Myanmar, Namibia (B) (NB), Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (P), Saudi Arabia (P), Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan, Ukraine (B), Uzbekistan (B), Yemen (NB).

Vagrant to Bulgaria, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Denmark, Eritrea, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates.

Unknown to Morocco (E).

Central Eurasia, from Black Sea east to Mongolia and north-eastern China. Winters in Indian Subcontinent and in sub-Saharan Africa from L Chad to Ethiopia. Small, disjunct breeding populations in Turkey and in Atlas Mts, north-western Africa.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 230,000 - 280,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

 
Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo) [XC604173]
     by Martin Grienenberger from Rann Riders, India (call)

 
Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo) [XC765289]
     by Marcin So\u0142owiej from Tsagaan Burgaasanii H\u00fcryee, Zereg, Khovd, Mongolia (flight call)

Subspecies
Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) and Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993; AERC TAC 2003) are retained in Grus contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993), Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994) and Collar and Andrew (1988) who all place them in Anthropoides.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) - 10 files


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