Demoiselle Crane

Grus virgo - Grue demoiselle

Grue demoiselle
adult plum. breeding
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Gruidés

  • Genus
    :

    Grus

  • Species
    :

    virgo

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 90 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 165 à 185 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1900 à 2800 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grue demoiselle
adult
Grue demoiselle
adult

Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo) is a species of bird in the Gruidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Grue demoiselle,
  • Grulla damisela,
  • grou-pequeno,
  • Jungfernkranich,
  • pártásdaru,
  • Jufferkraanvogel,
  • Damigella della Numidia,
  • jungfrutrana,
  • Jomfrutrane,
  • žeriav stepný,
  • jeřáb panenský,
  • Jomfrutrane,
  • neitokurki,
  • grua damisel·la,
  • Lokkatrana,
  • żuraw stepowy,
  • mazā dzērve,
  • deviški žerjav,
  • Красавка,
  • アネハヅル,
  • 蓑羽鹤,
  • นกกระเรียนเล็ก,
  • 蓑羽鶴,

Voice song and cries

Grue demoiselle
adult

Habitat

Grue demoiselle
adult plum. breeding

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Rocky areas (eg.

inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot, Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Grue demoiselle
published: - Updated: 26-05-2004
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