Sākums Animals Manchurian Crane

Manchurian Crane

Manchurian Crane occurs in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia and Taiwan. The population is decreasing. The major threats are habitat destruction, pollution and poaching.

Conservation

■ Included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1988, listed as Vulnerable (VU) since 2021.
■ Captive population data are recorded in International Studbook since 1972.
■ The species is managed under the EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme). Currently it is coordinated by Brno Zoo (Czech Republic).
■ Listed in Appendix I of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, or Washington Convention).
■ Listed in Appendices I and II of Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS, or Bonn Convention) as a threatened migratory species (Appendix I) that conservation is requiring international cooperation (Appendix II).

Read about Manchurian Crane breeding at Riga Zoo:

Graubica A. 2009. Japānas dzērvju Grus japonensis turēšana un vairošana Rīgas zoodārzā (Keeping and breeding Manchurian Crane Grus japonensis in Riga Zoo). – Rīgas Nacionālais zooloģiskais dārzs 2008. 35.–46. lpp. (In Latvian and English.)

Taxonomy

■ Phylum Chordata – chordates
■ Class Aves – birds
■ Order Gruiformes – cranes, rails and relatives
■ Family Gruidae – cranes
■ Species Grus japonensis – Manchurian Crane

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