BIRDS of THE WORLD - An Online Bird Book
GRUIFORMES
Gruiformes means "crane-like", The order include 14 species of large cranes, about 145 species of smaller crakes and rails, as well as a variety of families comprising a small number of species.
Guiformes has the following families
Family Gruidae: Cranes
Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds . Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. They are opportunistic feeders that change their diet according to the season and their own nutrient requirements. They eat a range of items from suitably sized small rodents, fish, amphibians, and insects, to grain, berries, and plants. During breeding season cranes are territorial, other times they are sociable and form groups.
Genus Anthropoides
This genus contains the Blue Crane and Demoiselle Crane. They are birds of the dry, grassy uplands which feed on seeds and insects and spend little time in wetlands.
Crane,_Blue also
Stanley Crane Anthropoides paradisea Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels -
Birds of Eden, South Africa
3)
Dick on road from Swellendam to De Hoop, South Africa
4)
Dick - San Diego Zoo 5) Dick - National Zoo, Washington DC 6)
Sandy Cole - Tenikwa, South Africa 7) Brian_Snelson - South Africa






Crane,_Demoiselle Anthropoides virgo Found: Asia, Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Sandy Cole -
Sylvan Heights 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 8)
Dick - San Diego Zoo 9) Video by
Avibirds.
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Genus Balearica
The crowned cranes are the only cranes that can roost in trees,
Crane,_Black_Crowned Balearica pavonina Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
M_Kuhn 2)
Fabienkhan 3)
Andy 4)
Steve_Garvie - Gambia



Crane,_Gray Crowned- Balearica regulorum Found:
Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels - Tanzania
3, 5) Dick - Jacksonville Zoo - Florida 4)
Sandy
Cole -
Birds of Eden, South Africa 6)
Dick - Flamingos Wildlife Preserve 7)
Charles_J_Sharp - Uganda 8) Video by
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Genus Bugeranus -1 species
Crane,_Wattled Bugeranus carunculatus Found: Africa
Image by:
1) Dick Daniels - National Zoo in Washington, DC
2, 3) Dick - Jacksonville Zoo, Florida
4) Charlie Westerinen - Okavango Delta in Botswana 5)
Adam_Dewan




Genus Grus
Brogla Grus rubicunda Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
John Gould 2)
Dick Daniels - Featherdale Wildlife Park, Australia
3)
Jjron - Healesville,
Victoria, Australia 4)
David Cook - Beerwah, Queensland, Australia
5, 6) I Am birdsaspoetry





Crane,_Black-necked Grus nigricollis Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Eric Kilby - Stone Zoo 2)
Eric Savage - Bronx Zoo 3)
Dave_Curtis - China 4)
Ed Gaillard - Bronx Zoo



Crane,_Common also
Eurasian Crane Grus grus Found: Europe,
Asia
Image by: 1)
Snapp3r 2)
Marek Szczepanek 3)
Kunan Naik Andreas_Trepte Frebeck Bengt_Nyman



Crane,_Hooded Grus monacha Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
TomoSuke214 - Japan 2)
Viktor_Kravtchenko 3)
Scorpions and Centaurs - Denver Zoo 4)
Marcel Holyoak - Japan



Crane,_Red-crowned Grus japonensis Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Mike Souza 2)
KCZooFan 3)
KongFu_Wang 4)
LonelyShrimp - China



Crane,_Sandhill Grus canadensis Found: North America, Asia (northeast Siberia)
Image by: 1) tgreyfox
2, 4) Dick Daniels - Virginia 3)
Dick - Virginia
5, 6) Dick - Florida
7) Dick - Wyoming 8)
Aron Lembke - Newport, North Carolina 9)
David Daniels - Florida
1) Juvenile








Crane,_Sarus Grus antigone Found: Asia, Australia
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - Miami Zoo
2) Sandy Cole - Central Zoo of Nepal 3)
Koshy_Koshy 4,
5, 6) JM Garg - India





Crane,_Siberian also
Siberian White Crane Grus leucogeranus Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Hiyashi_Haka 2)
Global Environment Facility 3)
BS Thurner Hof 4)
Tomosuke214 4)
Blake Matheson - China
1) Juvenile




Crane,_White-naped Grus vipio Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Bakker 2, 3) Sandy Cole - Central Zoo of Nepal 4)
Sandy Cole - Central Zoo of Nepal
5, 6) Spaceaero2 7) Video by
Avibirds.
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Crane,_Whooping Grus americana Found: North America
Image by:
1, 3) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 2)
John Noll, USDA- Texas 4)
Sandy Cole -
Sylvan Heights
5)
Lyn Anynom 6)
Steve Gifford, USFWD - Indiana 7)
Wisconsin Dept. of Nat. Resources
1) Juvenile 2) Family 7) From Wisconsin to Florida to introduce into wild
3, 4) The juvenile of 1) grew into this adult.





