Siberian crane: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Siberian crane lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leucogeranus leucogeranus
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Mass	197 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Gruiformes
Family	Gruidae

Where does the Siberian crane live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Siberian crane in 4 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Russia.

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.

How big is a Siberian crane?

Wikidata records the following for the Siberian crane: mass 197 g (birth weight).

Is the Siberian crane endangered?

The Siberian crane’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Siberian crane?

The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) is a bird in the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae, genus Leucogeranus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Siberian crane

The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their black primary feathers that are visible in flight, and with two breeding populations in the Arctic tundra of western and eastern Russia. The eastern populations migrate during winter to China, while the western population winters in Iran and (formerly) in Bharatpur, India.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Siberian crane (revision 1380578715), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q21949185 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).