Red-crowned crane
| Red-crowned crane | |
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| In snow in Hokkaido, Japan | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Gruidae |
| Genus: | Grus |
| Species: | G. japonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Grus japonensis (Statius Müller, 1776)
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| Geographical distribution. The red-crowned crane's primary habitats were in China (North, Northeast and Central), North Korea, with small populations in Russia's Far East, Gyeonggi Province and Northern Gangwon Province in South Korea, and Hokkaido in Japan. Green: Breeding | |
The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese crane and the Manchurian crane, is a large Northeast Asian crane among the rarest cranes in the world. In some parts of its range, it is known as a symbol of luck, longevity, and fidelity.