Cranes are a family, the Gruidae, of large, long-legged, and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. The 15 species of cranes are placed in three genera,
Altogether 15 different crane species live on our planet, which are distributed over five continents. All belong to the bird order Gruiformes and the bird
Cranes are used for the loading and unloading of freight, for the movement of materials, and the assembling of heavy equipment. Cranes exist in a wide variety
By 2004, about 200 whooping cranes existed in the wild with about 150 additional birds in captive flocks. However, the species remains perilously endangered
Birds Similar to Cranes · What Species Am I Seeing? · Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) – Wood Storks are rare, but as colonial nesting birds you may see several at
The sandhill cranes of North America are the most abundant crane species. Migrating sandhills come in three basic sizes—greater, lesser and the mid-size
Habitat types and sandhill crane nest locations for each of the 11 wetlands surveyed near Briggsville Conditions for a high SCI existed in other studies.
Included here are photos and information relating to those 7 species: the Red-crowned Crane, White-naped Crane, Siberian Crane, Hooded Crane, Common Crane,
North America is the home of two species of crane, The Sandhill Crane and the Whooping Crane. In 2013, during the annual spring migration, an Eurasian Crane
