Crane

Origin: Eurasia, the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, western Asia. He lives in the meadows, around lakes, cultivated fields, but far from human habitat.



Features: Construction of a slender, like a stork, the neck long, thin, small head, ending a long sharp beak. Coloration black and white head, the back carmine, the ends of feathers black. The tail made ​​of feathers in the shape of pokarbowanych primaries.



Legs long, thin, black.

The body length of about 140 cm

Wingspan of 240 cm

weight 5-6 kg



Lifestyle: migrating bird. Herds are formed in the shape of a key issue for the typical loud sounds. During the flight adopt an attitude of erect, wings moving slowly, but in a large range of motion.



Diet: rodents, insects, seeds.



Reproduction: The ports are building on the ground with different plants, with a diameter of 80 cm, make them in quantities of two eggs, they are gray-green or greyish yellow color. Are incubated for about one month, the young birds are kept in the nest about 65 days.