Hooded crane  (Grus monacha)

Range

The hooded crane is known to breed in south-central and southwestern Siberia, and is thought to also breed in north Mongolia. The species migrates to wintering grounds in China, South Korea and Japan, with over 80 percent of the population wintering in Izumi in southern Japan, where an artificial feeding station is funded by the Japanese government (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

During winter, the hooded crane can be found on wetlands, including marshes, coastal tidal flats, and farmland. During summer, the hooded crane breeds in remote, wooded, upland bogs on hills and river terraces (2), or, in Mongolia, can be found in river valleys and wetlands, gathering in wheat fields in autumn (6) (7).

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