Japanese crane  (Grus japonensis)

For more information on the Japanese crane, see:

• The International Crane foundation:
  www.savingcranes.org
• Swengel, S.R. The Cranes. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plans:
  www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/birds/cranes/grusjapo.htm
• BirdLife International’s World Bird Database:
  www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2798&m=0
• BBC Wildlife Finder:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Red-crowned_Crane
• BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
• BirdLife International. (2000) Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.