Siberian Crane — printable fact sheet
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Siberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus
The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) is the most aquatic of the cranes, wading belly-deep and rarely leaving wetlands for dry fields the way other cranes do. Its serrated bill, the most strongly toothed of any crane, is built for gripping and levering slippery underwat…
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- There are fewer than 4,000 Siberian Cranes left in the wild, with the western population numbering less than 20 individuals.
- Siberian cranes feed in deeper water than any other crane, sometimes with the head fully submerged, and dig tubers with a bill edged like a bread knife. The species migrates roughly 5,000 kilometres each way between Arctic Russia and the Yangtze basin. Attempts to save the western population included teaching captive-bred chicks to migrate behind a microlight aircraft. Unusually among cranes, Siberian cranes are highly territorial even on the wintering grounds, and pairs will not tolerate crowding.
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