Archive for the ‘Gruidae’ Category

• Black crowned crane

  Feb 8 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 832 Views | with Comments Off on Black crowned crane

  Black crowned crane – Balearica pavonina – is a large long-legged and long-necked resident African species of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It is found in s s Africa from W Africa to...

• Siberian crane

  Sep 18 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 1050 Views | with Comments Off on Siberian crane

  Siberian crane – Leucogeranus leucogeranus – is a large migratory Asian crane of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It has two populations, one that summers in E Siberia and winters in...

• Gruidae – cranes+

  Jul 19 | Cranes+, Gruidae | Little Stint | 2342 Views | with No Comments

  The Gruidae – cranes+ are a family of large to very large species of Type – wadingbird and belong in the Order Gruiformes. Within the AWB Region there is only the single sub-family the Cranes that are present. The...

• Demoiselle crane

  Jul 19 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 2547 Views | with No Comments

  The Demoiselle crane – Anthropoides virgo is the smallest of the cranes, it is of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It has a very wide Asiatic Breeding range from SE Ukraine to E Mongolia and has...

• Common crane

  Jul 19 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 2346 Views | with No Comments

  The  Common crane – Grus grus or Eurasian crane is a medium sized crane of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It is a very widespread summer Breeder across N and Temperate Eurasia, and...