common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane... 41 KB (4,615 words) - 15:16, 9 February 2024 |
The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Manchurian crane or Japanese crane (traditional Chinese: 丹頂鶴; simplified Chinese: 丹顶鹤; pinyin:... 35 KB (4,338 words) - 02:48, 16 April 2024 |
call, higher-pitched than the common crane. Like other cranes it has a dancing display, more balletic than the common crane, with less leaping. The demoiselle... 7 KB (712 words) - 12:36, 1 May 2024 |
The blue crane (Grus paradisea), also known as the Stanley crane and the paradise crane, is the national bird of South Africa. The species is listed as... 13 KB (1,406 words) - 04:55, 4 February 2024 |
Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes. Two species occur as wild birds in Great Britain: the common crane (Grus... 16 KB (1,807 words) - 10:56, 22 November 2023 |
A crane fly is any member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae... 29 KB (2,849 words) - 21:51, 5 May 2024 |
A crane is a machine used to move materials both vertically and horizontally, utilizing a system of a boom, hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves for... 76 KB (9,955 words) - 06:40, 29 March 2024 |
Electric overhead traveling cranes or EOT cranes are a common type of overhead crane, also called bridge cranes. They consist of parallel runways, much... 2 KB (256 words) - 22:12, 7 February 2024 |
The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest... 80 KB (9,114 words) - 18:29, 23 January 2024 |
only the red-crowned, whooping, common, hooded, and black-necked cranes in the genus Grus. The Cuban flightless crane, Grus cubensis, became extinct in... 18 KB (1,307 words) - 21:50, 20 January 2024 |
The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a part of the family Gruidae, along with its sister species, the grey crowned crane. It is topped with... 12 KB (1,360 words) - 13:32, 1 January 2024 |
Look up crane or cranes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crane or cranes may refer to: Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird Crane (machine), industrial... 4 KB (533 words) - 21:15, 3 March 2024 |
genus in the fly family Tipulidae (crane flies). The members of this genus are sometimes collectively called common crane flies. Tipula contains over 2,000... 6 KB (268 words) - 10:04, 27 August 2023 |
The white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112–125 cm (44–49 in) long, about 130 cm (4.3 ft) tall, and... 5 KB (418 words) - 03:56, 25 December 2023 |
(genus), a genus of birds in the crane family Grus grus, the common crane Grus (constellation), the constellation "Crane" Grus (geology), an accumulation... 484 bytes (92 words) - 13:08, 14 August 2013 |
A container crane (also container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane) is a type of large dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for... 7 KB (818 words) - 05:58, 12 January 2024 |
Brolga (redirect from Australian crane) known as the native companion, is a bird in the crane family. It has also been given the name Australian crane, a term coined in 1865 by well-known ornithologist... 28 KB (3,472 words) - 00:24, 23 January 2024 |
Sicily with eagles, from Siberia to Iran (5,500 km) with a flock of Siberian cranes, and over Mount Everest with Nepalese eagles. In 2006, he worked with a... 18 KB (2,273 words) - 07:55, 2 May 2024 |
Clam (category Mollusc common names) Eurasian oystercatcher, whooping crane and common crane, the American flamingo of Florida and the Caribbean Sea, and the common sandpiper are just a handful... 23 KB (2,450 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2024 |
List of birds of the Azores (section Cranes) elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis (A) Common crane, Grus grus (A) Order: Charadriiformes Family: Burhinidae... 49 KB (5,488 words) - 19:58, 16 July 2023 |