Species profile
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha
Quick answer
Siberia and nw Manchuria; winters to e China, Korea, and Japan
- Scientific name
- Grus monacha
- Family
- Gruidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Grus
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Hooded Crane in your journal
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