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Crowned crane (Balearica pavonina [regulorum]).

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Japanese crane: Symbolism and courtship dances

How red-crowned cranes and Steller's sea eagles survive winter

Whooping crane (Grus americana).

sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis)

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classification
- In bird: Annotated classification
- In whooping crane
gruiform
- In gruiform
International Crane Foundation
- In Baraboo

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Nature - Sarus crane change nesting, feeding behaviour to adapt to changing habitat.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 01, 2025
	Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Cranes of the World: 1. Classification and Evolution.	Yamini Chauhan	Jul 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - Crane: food, pet and symbol.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Crane.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 19, 2024
	Add new Web site: Oiseaux - Family Gruidae - Cranes.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 14, 2023
	Added video.	Amy Tikkanen	May 21, 2015
	Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Common crane.	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 20, 2014
	Add new Web site: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Crane.	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 20, 2014
	Add new Web site: Creagrus - Crane.	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 20, 2014
	Add new Web site: Earth-Life Web Productions - Cranes.	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 20, 2014
	Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Crane.	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 20, 2014
	Add new Web site: AvainWeb.com - Crane.	Surabhi Sinha	Sep 16, 2013
	Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Crane.	Surabhi Sinha	Sep 15, 2013
	Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Crane.	Surabhi Sinha	Sep 15, 2013
	Added new Web site: Westminster Abbey - Biography of William Caxton.	Veenu Setia	Jul 10, 2008
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Crane.	Shiveta Singh	May 21, 2008
	Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Crane.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 27, 2008
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 25, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999