# Red-crowned crane

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**Published on:** 2022-04-03
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Red Crowned Crane (scientific name: Grus japonensis): it is a large wading bird of crane family and crane genus, with a body length of 120-160 cm. The neck and feet are long, the whole body is mostly white, the top of the head is bright red, the throat and neck are black, the ears to the headrest are white, and the feet are black. When standing, the flying feathers and feet of the neck and tail are black, the top of the head is red, and the rest are all white; When flying, only the secondary and tertiary flying feathers, neck and feet are black, and the rest are all white. The characteristics are very obvious and easy to identify. The head and neck of the young bird are brown, and the body feathers are white and maroon. They often act in pairs or in family groups and small groups. In migration season and winter, several or dozens of family groups often form large groups. Sometimes there are as many as 40-50 clusters, or even more than 100 clusters. But the activity is still scattered into small groups or family groups in a certain area. At night, it mostly inhabits on the shoals surrounded by water or near reed ponds, and mainly feeds on fish, shrimp, aquatic insects, molluscs, tadpoles, sand silkworms, clams, snails and the stems, leaves, tubers, bulbs and fruits of aquatic plants.

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