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Photo by CannonS2
Israel

Anthropoides virgo

Grus virgo

[edit] Identification

85-100cm

• Grey white plumage
• Long white neck stripe
• Black marking on foreneck reaching breast
• Red iris
• Black legs

[edit] Distribution

Palearctic; winters in north-east Africa and southern Asia

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Salt lakes, damp marshes, swamps and meadows near water or arid areas if water is closeby.

Juvenile
Photo by Shantilal Varu
Kutch, Gujarat, India, November 2011

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes seeds, grains and large insects.

[edit] Breeding

It nests in a shallow scrape which may be lined with pebbles. The 2 yellow-green, lavender spotted eggs are incubated by both parents for 27-29 days. The young fledge 55-60 days later.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: loud trumpeting sound.

[edit] References

Photo by deomurari
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia
3. BirdLife International
4. Animal Diversity

• List of references

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