Common Crane
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Common Crane Behaviour
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Interesting Facts about Common Cranea ...
Common cranes are the most widely distributed of all the cranes, breeding from Western Europe to Siberia. Monogamous pairs reinforce their bond with a series of calls and elaborate head jerks.
She was first to spot the common crane out her way a year or two ago and I've since dubbed her "the crane lady".
Common crane (Grus grus)
Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
Lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens)
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) ...
(aka Eurasian or Common Crane)
The Crane breeds from Scandinavia and northern Germany across eastern Europe and into Asia. It winters in France and the Iberian Peninsula, northern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, northern India and China.
It has a loud trumpeting call, higher-pitched than the Common Crane. Like other cranes it has a dancing display, more balletic than the Common Crane, with less leaping.
Eurasian Cranes aka Common Cranes (Grus grus)
Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
East African Crowned Crane (Grey-crowned Crane) ...
It's been interesting to note that a solitary Sandhill Crane first seen in Finland in recent days migrating with Common Cranes has now provided Estonia with its first record of Sandhill.
Grus grus - Crane Common Crane
Grus canadensis - Sandhill Crane
Grus vipio - White-naped Crane
Grus monachus - Hooded Crane
Grus leucogeranus - Siberian White Crane
Otidae - Bustards
Tetrax
Tetrax tetrax - Little Bustard ...
nycticorax), Blue Heron, Egrets, Great Egret (Egretta alba), Storks, African Open-billed Stork (Anastomas lamelligerus), Marabou Stork (leptoptilos crumeriferus), Flamingos, Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), Cranes, Common Crane ...
 See also: Crane, Eagle, Stork, Ibis, Spoonbill
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