hooded crane
grus monacha latin

There are about 100 hooded cranes wintering in Chongming Dongtan, Shanghai every year.

Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha) are reportedly prey for Golden Eagles in China.

The breeding sites for the hooded cranes flying to Izumi are the marshes from Lake Baikal to the mid and upper stream of the River Amur.

Each year there are about 10,000 hooded cranes, 3,000 white-naped cranes and also small numbers of common cranes, demoiselle cranes, sandhill cranes and Siberian cranes.

It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of Swan Geese, Greater White-fronted Geese, White-naped Cranes, Hooded Cranes and Red-crowned Cranes.

Besides, the lake is also inhabited by 184 bird species, including Common Cranes, Hooded Cranes, White Storks, Black Storks, Bar-headed Geese, Golden Eagles, Eastern Imperial Eagles, White-tailed Sea-eagles and Ruddy Shelducks.

These include Swan Geese, Bean Geese, Whooper Swans, Oriental Storks, Black-faced Spoonbills, Chinese Egrets, Great Bustards, White-naped Cranes, Hooded Cranes, Red-crowned Cranes, Far Eastern Curlews and Spotted Greenshanks.

The indoor Asian Forest Complex is home to small mammals like the Prevost's squirrel and slow loris, as well as birds including hooded cranes, pink pigeons, rhinoceros hornbill, white-eyed ducks, Bali myna, black-naped fruit dove, bleeding heart pigeon, Nicobar pigeon, and yellow-vented bulbuls.

The Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) is a small, dark crane.

Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)

Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha) are reportedly prey for Golden Eagles in China.