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The RED-CROWNED CRANE, also called
JAPANESE or MANCHURIAN CRANE, comes from Manchuria, Northeast China
and Japan; it migrates to Siberia/Mongolia.
It features in oriental art, particularly its dancing/courtship displays (such displays are common to most cranes). The apparent black "tail" is/are its wing-tips; the actual tail is white. Unlike the Black-necked Crane, it has a pure white body (no grey as adult) and a white nape and partial white back of its neck (less extensive than the White-naped Crane). |
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| The red crown (no, not the pub) | ||
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| The juvenile Manchurian/Red-crowned Crane has a light brown head/neck, light brown mottling on its white body plumage and a dark brown bustle | ||
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| Juvenile Manchurian/Red-crowned Crane -- showing the black/brown wing edges that make the bustle and the actual short white tail | ||
Links:
![]() Black-necked Crane |
![]() White-naped Crane |
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