"Crane sex is not disputed, to Yu Fengde", the crane is large, but itself only feeds on fish, insects, freshwater snails, frogs and other small aquatic animals and the buds of various plants, and does not capture other birds or animals, the temperament is more peaceful than the birds of prey, and the crane's fighting ability is not worse than that of the birds of prey, when encountering birds of prey attack, the crane's large long beak and long legs are weapons of origin, remember a video, an eagle wants to attack a red-crowned crane, and is stepped into the water by a red-crowned crane, becoming a "falling soup eagle", The same huge waterfowl, the swan, is much inferior, although the swan is usually very fierce, bullying and dominating the market, and everyone who sees it must be afraid, but when it encounters a bird of prey, it only has to escape, and there is no strength to resist.
Traditional Chinese culture has a high evaluation of cranes, and within the birds, in addition to the phoenix (the entity of the phoenix has not yet been found) representing the empress, the most honorable bird is the crane, and the patch of the Qing Dynasty's civilian officials is the crane.
Crane family is a family under the order Crane, the current crane family is divided into the crane subfamily and the crowned crane subfamily, there are 4 genera and 15 species under the crane subfamily, the crane under the crane subfamily, the hind toes are small and tall, and the first three toes, can not be held, can not inhabit the large trees, so the ancient pine crane diagram, just put two symbols of longevity things together, this situation is almost impossible to encounter in real life. The hind toe of the crowned crane can be held against the front toe and can be arboreal. There are two genera and 9 species in China, accounting for 60%. But we usually do not distinguish, see the cranes collectively called cranes, and even the herons and storks will be called cranes (because they are all big legs). Xiaobian will now list 15 kinds of cranes for everyone, and everyone will not make a mistake in the future.
1, red-crowned crane, also known as the crane (this is the genuine brand, the others are cottage goods) height of one meter six, arm span of two meters four, distributed in northeast China, eastern Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan Hokkaido.
Smell cranes on frost days, and listen to chickens chirping in the snow
Not only are the legs long, but the arms are also long
Nitrogen, later Xiaobian figured out that the red top of the red-crowned crane is actually a piece of Xie Ding's skin, And Xiaobian is very resistant in his heart, too dense.
2. The white crane is slightly smaller than the red-crowned crane. Height 140cm. All white, blushing.
The white crane is like this, a bit of a dead fish eye
This is a white stork, not a crane, and its mouth is bigger than a crane
3, white pillow crane body is gray-blue, the front of the neck is gray, but the back of the neck stem all the way to the shoulder has a long white. He is 1.2 meters tall. The head is not bald, but the face is red, like a monkey's face, with a beautiful tip. So it's also called a red-faced crane.
The white-naped crane's hind toe is very small
4, the bald crane is gray, the head is white. The height is also shorter, less than one meter, 97cm. There are red bald heads.
Bald Crane
5, the gray crane, also known as the Crane, the whole body is gray, one meter tall, with a red bald head. There are black stripes around the neck.
Grey Crane
6, black-necked crane, also known as Tibetan crane, the whole body is gray and white, the neck is black, there is a red bald head, the neck is very thick. He is 1.2 meters tall. It is distributed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The animals of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have some characteristics, such as the Tibetan fox with expressions
7, the crane with white feathers The crane looks a little short and gray-blue, the neck is black, there is no bald head, there are white ear clusters behind the eyes, and the eyes are red.
The crane is also called the lady crane
8, sand dune crane also known as brown crane or Canadian crane height one meter, the whole body is brownish gray, the head and face are bald, red.
Dune cranes
9, the red-necked crane The size of the red-necked crane is larger than the red-crowned crane, 150cm tall, the whole body is gray and white, the baldness is the most severe, the neck is bald above the neck, a piece of red, and there are a handful of feathers on the top of the head, so it is called a red-necked crane.
A tall red-necked crane
10, Australian crane is quite similar to the red-necked crane, one meter three tall, bald is not so strong, the back of the head is bald, and the top of the head is hairy. There is a black chin drooping flesh.
American crane
11, the American crane, also known as the cough crane, once killed by the Americans only 15, and later conservation, slowly breeding to 127. He is one meter six tall, his head is bald red, and the rest of the body is white.
12, 13, crown crane, also known as the crown crane, there are two kinds of West African crowned crane (black crowned crane) and East African crowned crane (gray crowned crane). West African crowned crane, 0.9 meters tall, black throughout. There is a feather crown on the head. The throat has a red fleshy hanging. The East African crowned crane is 1.2 meters tall, light gray-blue throughout, with a feather crown and a red fleshy hanging throat.
Grey-crowned crane
Black-crowned crane
14, the blue crane, looks a bit like a crane, the height is similar to the black crowned crane. Those hunted and killed by whites also became endangered.
South African Blue Crane
15, meat hanging crane, also called spit crane (and spit chicken like meat hanging) height of one meter three, gray body white chest white neck, black head, face and jaw have extra flesh.
For small editors with dense phobias, this crane is a bit disgusting
Crane body size comparison chart