Sandhill crane: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the sandhill crane lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Grus canadensis
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Bird
Order	Gruiformes
Family	Gruidae

Where does the sandhill crane live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sandhill crane in 8 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America.

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.

Is the sandhill crane endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the sandhill crane?

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

About the sandhill crane

The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to its habitat, such as the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Great Plains. Sandhill cranes are known to frequent the edges of bodies of water. The central Platte River Valley in Nebraska is the most important stopover area for the nominotypical subspecies, the lesser sandhill crane (A. c. canadensis), with up to 450,000 of these birds migrating through annually.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sandhill crane (revision 1378345053), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q503804 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).