White-naped crane  (Grus vipio)

The white-naped crane breeds at the border between Russia, Mongolia and China and in the Amur and Ussuri river basins. It migrates along the Songnen Plain and the Gulf of Bohai to its wintering grounds in the Yangtze basin in China, the demilitarised zone between North Korea and South Korea (2), and in Izumi, Japan (6).

During the breeding season, the white-naped crane is found in wetlands along river valleys, grassy marshes, wet sedge meadows, and on islands of steppe lakes with reed beds (7). In autumn, they feed in dry areas in river valleys and wheat fields in Russia and Mongolia (8). In winter, its habitat consists of freshwater lakes, farmland, and sometimes coastal flats (2).