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| Grus vipio |
Pallas, 1811 |
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Family: Gruidae |
Order: Gruiformes |
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White-naped crane |
Grue à cou blanc |
Grulla de cuelle blanco |
Weißnacken-Kranich |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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Birds from E portion of breeding range migrate through Korean Peninsula: several hundred birds overwinter in
the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea; as many as 2100 birds continue S to Kyushu, S Japan,
where they join the main wintering population of G. monacha. About 3000 birds from W portion of
breeding range migrate across C & E China to wintering grounds in Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu
Provinces. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after Johnsgard PA (1983),
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| Regions: East Asia, North Asia |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |