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Japanese crane
Japanese crane
(Grus japonensis)
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Invertebrates:
animals with no backbone.
References
IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
http://www.iucnredlist.org
del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. (1996)
Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzins to Auks
.BirdLife International, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
CITES (October, 2002)
http://www.cites.org
Global Register of Migratory Species (April, 2008)
http://www.groms.de/
International Crane Foundation (February, 2002)
http://www.savingcranes.org/species/red_crowned.cfm
Swengel, S.R.
The Cranes. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
(February, 2002)
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/birds/cranes/grusjapo.htm
BirdLife International. (2000)
Threatened Birds of the World
.Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.
Erritzoe, J. (1993)
The Birds of CITES and How to Identify Them
.The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge.
HOKKAIDO: GARDEN OF THE GODS (The Natural World)(BBC tx. 10 October 1999).
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