Cranes
Gruidae
Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Cranes live on all continents except Antarctica and South America.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Antigone Cranes
genusAntigone
Grus Cranes
genusGrus
Crowned Cranes
genusBalearica
Leucogeranus
genusLeucogeranus
Antigone × Grus
genushybridAntigone × Grus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 23.