Common crane: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common crane lives – recorded in 48 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Grus grus
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	48 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Diet (main food)	omnivore
Class	Bird
Order	Gruiformes
Family	Gruidae

Where does the common crane live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common crane in 48 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa. In United Arab Emirates it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a common crane eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the common crane as: omnivore.

Is the common crane endangered?

The common crane’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common crane?

The common crane (Grus grus) is a bird in the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae, genus Grus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common crane

The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) and the Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) that only are regular in the far eastern part of the continent. Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), demoiselle crane and the brolga (Antigone rubicunda), it is one of only four crane species not currently classified as threatened with extinction or conservation dependent on the species level. Despite the species' large numbers, local extinctions and extirpations have taken place in part of its range, and an ongoing reintroduction project is underway in the United Kingdom.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common crane (revision 1378429580), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q4764 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).