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Siberian crane

Leucogeranus leucogeranus

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals listIUCN: Critically Endangered
Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)

Image: BS Thurner Hof · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · As stated on the file page · Resized

Scientific name
Leucogeranus leucogeranus
Family
Gruidae, order Gruiformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Critically Endangered

A white crane from the far north.

  • Spot it All white with black wing tips, a red face and long pink legs.
  • Home Shallow wetlands.
  • Food web Eats roots, tubers and small animals in shallow water.
  • Why it matters Critically Endangered; its wetlands also shelter many other birds.

Read more: Siberian crane on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for Ghana (Bharatpur).[1]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  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. 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 Not peer reviewed.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.
  5. 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.

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