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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Whooping Crane
Grus americana
Order
GRUIFORMES
Family
Cranes (Gruidae)
Code 4
WHCR
Code 6
GRUAME
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Dagger
Eye Color:
Dark olive in hatchlings, becoming lustrous yellow to white-yellow in adults.
Head pattern:
Capped, Unique pattern
Crown Color:
Red
Forehead Color:
Red and black.
Nape Color:
White
Throat Color:
White
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
132 cm (52 in)
Weight:
5804 g (204.8 oz)
Size:
Very Large (32 - 72 in)
Color Primary:
White
Underparts:
White
Upperparts:
White
Back Pattern:
Solid
Belly Pattern:
Solid
Breast Pattern:
Solid
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Slow downward wing beat with powerful flick or jerk on upbeat., Flies in V formation in migration.
Wingspan Range:
221 cm (87 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings, Long-Wings
Tail shape:
Squared Tail
Tail Pattern:
Solid
Upper Tail:
White
Under Tail:
White
Leg Color:
Black
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X