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    The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Manchurian crane (traditional Chinese: 丹頂鶴; simplified Chinese: 丹顶鹤; pinyin: dāndǐng hè; Japanese:...
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    grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), also known as the African crowned crane, golden crested crane, golden crowned crane, East African crane, East...
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    The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a part of the family Gruidae, along with its sister species, the grey crowned crane. It is topped with...
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  • Look up crowned crane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crowned crane is a bird of the genus Balearica: Black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) Grey...
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    on the face, but the crowned cranes of the genus Balearica have vibrantly-coloured wings and golden "crowns" of feathers. Cranes fly with their necks...
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    playing this file? See media help. The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia...
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    proportioned crane after the sarus species, outsizing in these respects even the ostentatiously heavier red-crowned crane. Three adult wattled cranes averaged...
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    this crane is usually slightly smaller in weight and height than some other cranes, particularly the sarus crane, wattled crane and red-crowned crane. The...
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    (also called the crowned cranes or Balearic cranes) contains two extant species in the crane family Gruidae: the black crowned crane (B. pavonina) and...
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    whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone...
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    The blue crane (Grus paradisea), also known as the Stanley crane and the paradise crane, is the national bird of South Africa. The species is listed as...
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    on the face, but the crowned cranes of the genus Balearica have vibrantly-coloured wings and golden "crowns" of feathers. Cranes fly with their necks...
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    the red-crowned crane, which will walk around and pick at the surface vegetation. This difference is important as it allows both species of crane to occupy...
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    common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly...
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    The demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurosiberia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and Northeast China. There...
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    The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. The...
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    The black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is...
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    Brolga (redirect from Australian crane)
    known as the native companion, is a bird in the crane family. It has also been given the name Australian crane, a term coined in 1865 by well-known ornithologist...
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    motifs of cranes may vary in a range from reference to real cranes (such as the red-crowned crane) referring to transformed Taoist immortals (xian), who sometimes...
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    Orizuru (redirect from Origami crane)
    and it is a representation of the Japanese red-crowned crane, referred to as the "Honourable Lord Crane" in Japanese culture[citation needed]. It is often...
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    superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist's side. During the colonial era, the British used...
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  • Information Center. 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2022. "China Considers Red-Crowned Crane for National Bird". China Internet Information Center. 2007. Retrieved...
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    demoiselle crane and blue crane in the genus Anthropoides, and the wattled crane in the monospecific genus Bugeranus, leaving only the red-crowned, whooping...
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  • bridge is an exhibit for saddle-billed storks, as well as one for black crowned cranes and okapis. The main attraction is a large gorilla exhibit. They can...
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    Gureev, 1949 Genus Balearica Brisson, 1760 [Geranarchus Gloger, 1842] (crowned cranes) Subfamily Gruinae Vigors, 1825 Genus †"Grus" conferta Miller & Sibley...
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    the heraldic left side by a crested crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps), a subspecies of the grey-crowned crane and the national bird of Uganda. On...
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    of Korea, the central bank of South Korea. On the obverse is a Red-crowned crane, one of the migratory birds that lives in South Korea, and the inscription...
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    mountain zebras, Masai giraffe, Rüppell's griffon vultures, gray crowned cranes, wattled cranes, eastern bongos, a boma petting yard for Nigerian Dwarf goats...
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    The hooded crane (Grus monacha) is a crane native to East Asia and a frequent migratory bird in Japan. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head...
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  • – the only wild cat. It lives primarily in mountainous regions. Red-crowned crane – lives along the Imjin River. Golden eagle – ranges across the country...
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