red-crowned crane
Japanese crane
grus japonensis latin

The park also houses a number of red-crowned cranes.

Several hundred Red-crowned Cranes are kept in zoos around the world.

The most important bird in Yancheng Nature Reserve are red-crowned cranes.

Within the park, a large flock of Red-crowned Cranes is held in captivity for conservation purposes.

Along the end of the lake is Crane Island, home to a Japanese species called red-crowned cranes.

Red-crowned Cranes have a highly omnivorous diet, though the dietary preferences have not been fully studied.

Adult Red-crowned Cranes are named for a patch of red bare skin on the crown, which becomes brighter in the mating season.

All Red-crowned Cranes migrate, except for a flock that stays in Hokkaido, year long.

A pair of Red-crowned Cranes were used in the design for the Series D 1000 Japanese yen note.

Some birds, such as pigeons, geese, and Red-crowned Cranes, remain with their mates for life and may produce offspring on a regular basis.

The Nurture Trail is a short trail between two large fenced areas: one for red-crowned cranes and one for secretarybirds.

Endangered red-crowned cranes depart their northern breeding grounds to overwinter at Yancheng salt marsh, the largest coastal wetland in China.

Visitors can observe the Amur Tigers, Red-crowned Cranes and the Japanese Macaques.

Other notable site is the main hall of the 200-year-old Ancestral Hall of the Zhang Family with 100 carved red-crowned cranes.

Migratory birds, including the endangered black-faced spoonbill and the white-naped and red-crowned cranes, fly in and out, oblivious to land barriers.

In addition, the demilitarized zone now offers a secure refuge for endangered migratory birds, most notably white-naped and red-crowned cranes and the black-faced spoonbill.

Close to Qiqihar are numerous wetlands and the Zhalong Nature Reserve, famous in China for being home to numerous red-crowned cranes.

White-naped Cranes often nest near Red-crowned Cranes but competition is lessened by the greater portion of vegetation in the White-naped's diet.

More than 200 species of bird are on display at this bird zoo on the city's North Side: red-crowned cranes, African pygmy falcons, eastern tow hees.

Species using the site include Swan Geese, Mute Swans, Whooper Swans and Red-crowned Cranes.

The zoo is often home to zebras, Japanese macaques, red-crowned cranes, White-tailed eagles and King Penguins, along with goats, sheep, pigs, ostriches, and rabbits.

Some 25,000 ha has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports endangered Red-crowned Cranes.

Birds at the zoo included chickens, sarus cranes, red-crowned cranes, blue-and-gold macaws, scarlet macaws, military macaws, doves, emu, ostriches, pheasants, pigeons, toucans.

The park participates in international wildlife conservation programmes for Otters, Red-crowned Cranes, White-tailed Eagles, Snow Leopards, Muskoxen, Mink and European bison.

In the southeast corner of the zoo are enclosures housing an assortment of animals including yellow mongooses, bush dogs, red pandas, servals, southern cassowaries, red-crowned cranes, golden pheasant, and giant anteaters.

Copyright Trustees of the British Museum Two Japanese cranes (grus japonensis) in courtship display, side view.

The memorial consists of two Japanese cranes caught in barbed wire on top of a tall pedestal made of green Vermont marble.

It is named for the Japanese crane (Grus japonensis), which also has a red spot on its head.

Manchurian Crane (Grus japonensis)

Copyright Trustees of the British Museum Two Japanese cranes (grus japonensis) in courtship display, side view.

Red-crowned Crane or Japanese Crane (Grus japonensis)

Literally the spectacular Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis, which lives in the wetland habitats of east Hokkaido and southern Sakhalin.

The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane, is a large crane.