red-crowned

I’ve learned that the huge, short-tailed bird with the black neck is called a red-crowned crane.

Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010

I’ve learned that the huge, short-tailed bird with the black neck is called a red-crowned crane.

Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010

A red-crowned kakariki has been spotted in bush on Maungatautari, south of Cambridge, sparking a flurry of interest from conservationists in the area.

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

Over 30 species of frog have been recorded from the Greater Blue Mountains Area including the giant barred frog Mixophyes iteratus (EN), booroolong frog Litoria booroolongensis (CR) and green & golden bell frog Litoria aurea (VU) plus the red-crowned toadlet Pseudophryne australis (VU) The invertebrate fauna is poorly known, but there are 120 species of butterflies and an estimated 4,000 species of moth.

Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

This 467 km2 coastal strip includes saline grassland and intertidal mudflats and provides breeding habitat for an estimated 40 percent of the remaining world population of red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis).

Yellow Sea saline meadow 2008

The Endangered red-crowned, or Japanese crane (Grus japonensis) is considered a Natural National Monument.

Hokkaido deciduous forests 2008

In the lower reaches of the river, red-crowned crane Grus japonensis (EN), hooded crane Grus monacha* (VU), oriental stork Ciconia boyciana (EN), black stork Ciconia nigra*, yellow-legged buttonquail Turnix tanki, Far Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis and grey-faced buzzard Butastur indicus* are present.

Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation 2008

The Hokkaido red-crowned cranes are resident year-round on the east coast of the island while the mainland populations of red-crowned cranes are migratory.

Hokkaido deciduous forests 2008

Japan also supports some important waterbird populations, including populations of the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis, EN), resident on Hokkaido.

Biological diversity in Japan 2008

On Hokkaido, the wetlands favored by nesting red-crowned cranes continue to be lost to development, mainly agricultural expansion, river channelization, and road building.

Biological diversity in Japan 2008