One of the 11 cranes on WAnimals
Birds · Gruiformes · Gruidae
Siberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus
Critically Endangered
At extremely high risk of imminent extinction in the wild.
The Siberian crane is a species of gruiform bird of the family Gruidae. It breeds in Arctic Russia, in Yakutia and in western Siberia. It is a long-distance migrant. The eastern population winters on the Yangtze River and at Lake Poyang in China, the central population winters in Keoladeo National Park, India, and the western population at Fereidoonkenar and Isfahan in Iran. It breeds and winters in wetlands, where it feeds on the shoots, roots and tubers of aquatic plants. No subspecies are recognised.
Weight
4.9 kg – 8.6 kg
Size
1.4 m – 1.5 m
Life expectancy
60 years
