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 CR    Siberian Crane* Id (Atlas):
    Leucogeranus leucogeranus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Siberian Crane, Siberian White Crane, Great White Crane, Asiatic White Crane

Family
Gruidae (Cranes)

Size
133 - 140 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1773)

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (P), Azerbaijan (P), China (mainland) (NB) (P), India (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB), Kazakhstan (P), Mongolia (NB) (P), Pakistan (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), South Korea (NB), Turkmenistan (P).

Vagrant to Hong Kong (China), Japan (NB) (P), Uzbekistan.

Arctic western and east-central Siberia; possibly also extreme north-western Russia. Three wintering areas: middle R Yangtze in China; Keoladeo (Bharatpur) and other wetlands in India; and southern Caspian Sea in Iran.
 
Population
Estimated population is 3,750 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

 
Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) [XC876149]
     by Bo Shunqi\u8584\u987a\u5947 from \u767d\u9e64\u6d32(Baghogzhiu), Shangrao, Jiangxi, China (flight call)

 
Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) [XC217348]
     by John Allcock from Brykin Bor, Spasskiy rayon, Ryazanskaya oblast', Russian Federation (?)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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