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| Grus monacha |
Temminck, 1835 |
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Family: Gruidae |
Order: Gruiformes |
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Hooded crane |
Grue moine |
Grulla capachina |
Mönchskranich |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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Migrates through NE China. Most of population (c. 8000 birds) crosses Korean Peninsula between breeding
range and wintering grounds of Kyushu, S Japan. Smaller populations winter along R Naktong near Taegu,
South Korea, and in S Honshu, S Japan. Several hundred birds migrate down coastal China to wintering grounds
on R Yangtze in Hubei, Anhui, Hunan and Jianxi Provinces. Non-breeders occasionally occur W to NE
Mongolia. (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, South & Southeast Asia |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |