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Antigone vipio

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Antigone vipio

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Also known as white-naped crane

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

*Antigone vipio*, commonly known as the White-naped Crane, Weißnackenkranich, 白枕鶴, or 紅面鶴, is a species within the family Gruidae. It belongs to the order Gruiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. The organism is an omnivore whose main food sources include insects, seeds, roots, and plants.

The species has a wingspan of 185 and is found in Mongolia, China, Russia, and Korea. Records indicate its presence in the United States, South Korea, China, and in captivity. Specimens are held by institutions including UWZM, MVZ, UWBM, YPM, and UMMZ.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Antigone vipio is referenced by 117 other articles, and connects out to Gruidae, Russia and Japan.

It sits within the topics Antigone (bird), Birds described in 1811 and Birds of Manchuria.

Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderGruiformes
  5. FamilyGruidae
Observations recorded8,798

Maximum longevity: 45 years (captivity) Observations: One wild-born animal reportedly lived 45 years in captivity and remained reproductively active (http://www.zoo.org/), which is plausible.

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
Family
Gruidae
Collections
UWZM, MVZ, UWBM, YPM, UMMZ
Recorded in
United States, South Korea, Captive, China

Bird sounds

  • call· Mongolia· quality A
  • call· Mongolia· quality A
  • call· Japan· quality A
  • duet, song· Mongolia· quality A

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Antigone
Image
White-naped crane arp.jpg
Show 9 more facts
taxon name
Antigone vipio
taxon rank
species
Commons gallery
Grus vipio
Commons category
Grus vipio
taxon common name
白枕鹤
wingspan
185
main food source
Rana
has characteristic
omnivore
taxon range
Taiwan
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antigone vipio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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