Common Crane

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q4764
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Summary

Common Crane is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,233 views/month, #1,260 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Naturparktier des Jahres[3], Bird of the Year[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Grus[7]
  • Endemic to: Nandur Madhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary[8], Tal Chhapar Sanctuary[9], Little Rann of Kutch[10], Thol Lake[11], Gajoldoba[12], Dehing Patkai National Park[13], Kaziranga National Park[14], Maguri Motapung Beel[15], Dibru-Saikhowa National Park[16], Kokilamukh Beel[17], Majuli[18]
  • Taxon name: Grus grus[19]
  • Commons category: Grus grus[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grus grus[21]
  • Commons gallery: Grus grus[22]
  • Main food source: omnivore[23]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[24]
  • Original combination: Ardea grus[25]
  • Has characteristic: oviparity[26]
  • Short name: G. grus[27]
  • Taxon common name: garan[28], Common Crane[29], Kranich[30], Grulla común[31], grua europea[32], jeřáb popelavý[33], sookurg[34], Trane[35], Серый журавль[36], クロヅル[37], kurki[38], daru[39], żuraw (zwyczajny)[40], žeriav popolavý[41]

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Identifiers

Common Crane's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40816[42]. Common Crane's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510673[43]. Common Crane's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2474950[44]. Common Crane's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176183[45].

Why It Matters

Common Crane has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

FAQs

What awards did Common Crane receive?

Honors received include Naturparktier des Jahres[3] and Bird of the Year[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Retrieved . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . birdsofindia.org. birdsofindia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . birdsofindia.org. birdsofindia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . birdsofindia.org. birdsofindia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . birdsofindia.org. birdsofindia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ebird.org. ebird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ebird.org. ebird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ebird.org. ebird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ebird.org. ebird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ebird.org. ebird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ebird.org. ebird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ebird.org. ebird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [42] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [45] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [44] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Q237350
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: extinct, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0448492-jerab-popelavy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0448492-jerab-popelavy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.22'}
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Grus
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 17884, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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