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Sarus Crane

Antigone antigone

हिन्दी: सारस क्रेन

IUCN: Vulnerable
Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · India · Resized

Scientific name
Antigone antigone
Hindi name
सारस क्रेन
Family
Gruidae, order Gruiformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Vulnerable

The tallest flying bird on Earth, dancing in pairs.

  • Spot it Grey body, red head and neck, white collar and very long legs.
  • Home Wetlands, marshes and flooded fields.
  • Food web Eats insects, frogs, roots and grain, and wades to find them.
  • Why it matters A sign of healthy wetlands: it eats insects, frogs and roots, balancing wetland life, and needs clean, undisturbed water.

Read more: Sarus crane on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • IndiaDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2022.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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