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 LC    Sandhill Crane* Id (Atlas):
    Antigone canadensis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Sandhill Crane, Little Brown Crane, Canadian Crane, Lesser Sandhill Crane (canadensis), Canadian Sandhill Crane (rowani), Greater Sandhill Crane (tabida), Mississippi Sandhill Crane (pulla), Florida Sandhill Crane (pratensis), Cuban Sandhill Crane (nesiotes)

Family
Gruidae (Cranes)

Size
86 - 122 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Range (Guide)
Canada (B) (P), China (mainland), Cuba, Japan, Mexico, Russia (Asian), South Korea, USA (B).

Vagrant to Faroe Islands, Greenland, Ireland, Netherlands Antilles, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Turks and Caicos Islands (NB), United Kingdom.

Population
Estimated population is 520,000 - 530,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (100)...)

 
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) [XC858779]
     by Sue Riffe from McNeal, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call, flight call)

 
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) [XC287462]
     by Paul Marvin from Well Gulch Nature Trail, Lory State Park, Larimer County, Colorado, United States (flight call)

Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

  • canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Arctic and subarctic North America and eastern Siberia. Winters in south-western USA and north-central Mexico.
  • rowani Walkinshaw, 1965   -  Subarctic Canada, from British Columbia to northern Ontario. Winters on Texas coast of Gulf of Mexico, and in south-western USA and north-central Mexico.
  • tabida (Peters, JL, 1925)   -  Five breeding populations in mid-continental North America from Vancouver I to Great Lakes region. Winters in north-central Mexico and southern USA, from California to Georgia and Florida.
  • pulla (Aldrich, 1972)   -  Mississippi, USA.
  • pratensis (Meyer, FAA, 1794)   -  Georgia and Florida, USA.
  • nesiotes (Bangs & Zappey, 1905)   -  Cuba and I of Pines.



References
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Files:
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