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Crane Grus grus [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Gruidae
BTO Codes:
AN , CRANE
EURING No:
4330
Number in Britain:
4 pairs (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
2 Concern, most in Europe; Depleted
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor
Subspecies:
grus recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
115 cm
Wingspan:
232 cm
Weight:
M/F: 5.6 kg
Scientific name from:
L.: grus =the crane
World Distribution:
BREEDS: ne&c Europe, n&c Asia, WINTERS: south to n Africa & se Asia
Habitat:
Tundra, open forest, steppe, marsh
Diet:
Mostly plants (eg roots, tubers, leaves, fruit, seeds), also insects, earthworms
TitBit:
The call of the deep sonorous call of the crane can be heard at a distance of over three miles, and in the Homer's Iliad the sound of migrating flocks was likened to the sound of armies approaching in battle
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Summer:
4 pairs
in 1998-02
Passage:
37 individuals
First Record:
6th Century
[Fossil evidence from
Ipswichian (last) interglacial, c. 125,000 yr ago]
First Breeding Record:
East Anglia (after extinct 1700s) 1981
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
49 to 70 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(I), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA, CITES(II)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
94 x 62 mm
Egg Weight:
195.0 g (of which 11 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
2 eggs
Incubation:
30 days
by the:
Female (occ. Male)
Fledging:
65 - 70 days
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
0
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few ringed in Britain, but Finland : 17yr 3m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
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Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Common Crane
Gaelic:
Corra-mhonaidh
Welsh:
Garan
Danish:
Trane
Dutch:
Kraanvogel
Finnish:
Kurki
French:
Grue cendrée
German:
Kranich
Hungarian:
Daru
Icelandic:
Grátrana
Irish:
Grús
Italian:
Gru
Norwegian:
Trane
Polish:
Zuraw zwyczajny
Portuguese:
Grou-comum
Spanish:
Grulla común
Swedish:
Trana
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