Listen to the common crane
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About the common crane
The common crane is a bird in the family Gruidae (order Gruiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 2.2 m.
What does the common crane sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as flight call, nocturnal flight call and grus grus - common crane. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
Related birds in the genus Grus
Frequently asked questions
What does a common crane sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the common crane on this page, including its flight call, nocturnal flight call and grus grus - common crane. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the common crane endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the common crane as “least concern”.
What family does the common crane belong to?
The common crane (Grus grus) belongs to the family Gruidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources & credits
- Flight call, nocturnal flight call · Fontaine-le-Comte, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Grus grus - Common Crane by Pálos Lőrinc – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q4764 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Common crane – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Andreas Eichler – CC BY-SA 4.0