Grus vipio
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The white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It breeds in shallow wetlands and wet meadows in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern China, and adjacent areas of southeastern Russia. It is a large bird measuring 112–125 cm (44–49 in) long, about 130 cm (4.3 ft) tall, and weighing about 5.6 kg (12 lb), with pinkish legs, a grey-and-white-striped neck, and a red face patch.
The white-naped crane was formerly placed in the genus Grus, but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, four species: the sarus crane (Antigone antigone), the brolga (Antigone rubicunda), the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) and the white-naped crane (Antigone vipio), were placed in the resurrected genus Antigone that had originally been erected by German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853.
The white-naped crane can be identified by its grey body, reddish face patch, white throat, and the white strip going from the back of its crown down its neck, or nape. Juveniles differ by having a brown head and a pale throat. While... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
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| 1 | Medenychi Zoo Limpopo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-naped Crane sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 191st most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-naped Crane in Seoul on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-naped Crane sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Seoul, in our data
Seoul is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-naped Crane sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Gruiformes
The closest relatives of the White-naped Crane that you can see in Seoul (order Gruiformes, Cranes, Rails, and Allies) are Eurasian Coot (about 20%) and Common Moorhen (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-naped Crane is recorded against all the birds logged in Seoul (15 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
