Red-crowned crane
The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese crane or Manchurian crane, is a large crane. It is the second rarest crane in the world after the North American whooping crane.[1] In East Asia, it is known as a symbol of luck and fidelity.[1] At 55 inches high, the crane does not make easy prey, for all that it stands out in its natural habitat of marshes and swamps. When it matures, the red-crowned crane is snow white with a patch of red skin on its head.
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Description
In the spring and summer, the red-crowned crane lives in Siberia, where their eggs hatch. Normally the crane lays two eggs, but usually only one chick survives.[1] Later, in the autumn, it migrates in flocks to Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and other countries in East Asia to spend the winter. All red-crowned cranes migrate, except for a flock that stays in Hokkaido, year long.[1]
Diet
The crane eats small amphibians, aquatic invertebrates, insects, and plants that grow in marshes and swamps.
Red-crowned Crane Media
At Cumberland wildlife park, Grünau im Almtal, Austria
Grus japonensis (juvenile) in Ueno Zoo, Taitō, Japan
Eating fish in Kushiro.
Grus japonensis flight at Akan International Crane Center
Nikon D300 + Sigma APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Egg of a Red-crowned crane
(video) A red-crowned crane preening
The crane is carved in a South Korean 500 won coin.
Silver silk covered jar with pine crane pattern
Cloud crane lotus pattern fumigation oven
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Red-crowned crane fact sheet". nationalzoo.si.edu. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2013.