Birds › Cranes
Whooping Crane
Grus americana
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
White IbisEudocimus albus
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 82,026 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 7,022 |
| Alabama | 3,035 |
| Texas | 2,965 |
| Ontario | 2,711 |
| Michigan | 2,296 |
| Alaska | 1,688 |
| Nunavut | 1,620 |
| Illinois | 1,532 |
| Kansas | 1,017 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Dietary
- OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsBIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Cranes, Rails, and Allies · Gruiformes |
| Family | Cranes · Gruidae |
| Genus | Grus Cranes · Grus |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Whooping Crane with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.