Japanese Crane (Red-crowned Crane) - Japanese Crane

Japanese: タンチョウ(丹頂) - タンチョウ

A bird of the crane family. Wingspan: 65cm. One of the largest species of Japanese birds. The body is white, the top of the head is red, and the neck and some of the flight feathers are black. It breeds in southeastern Siberia and northern northeastern China, and migrates to China and the Korean Peninsula in winter. In Japan, about 600 birds live year-round as resident birds, mainly in the Kushiro marshland in Hokkaido. It is a special natural monument with no designated area. In the early breeding season, they jump and fly up, performing the so-called crane dance. They build nests on the ground in the marshland by piling up dead reeds and lay one or two eggs. In addition, one or two birds occasionally come to the crane migration site in Izumi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, among other cranes. Endangered species, Class II (Ministry of the Environment, 4th Red List).
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Japanese:

ツル科の鳥。翼長65cm。日本産鳥類中最大種の一つ。体は白色で，頭頂は赤く，頸(くび)や風切羽の一部は黒色。シベリア南東部，中国東北北部等で繁殖，冬は中国，朝鮮半島等に渡る。日本では北海道釧路(くしろ)湿原を中心に約600羽が留鳥として周年生息する。区域を定めず特別天然記念物。繁殖期初期にははねたり，飛び上がったりして，いわゆるツルの舞を行う。湿原の地上に枯れアシなどを積んで営巣し，１〜２卵を産む。なお，鹿児島県出水(いずみ)市のツル渡来地にも，他のツルにまざって，まれに１〜２羽がくることがある。絶滅危惧II類（環境省第４次レッドリスト）。
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