What is a crane with a red crown?

Red-cornerstone is a very large almighty bird. The scientific name of this kind is grus Japanese and is commonly known as the Japanese crane. This bird, which was considered the most difficult crane in the world, has a very long life. It is critically endangered by a very small geographical range. This bird is one of the types of white cranes, which has mostly white feathers. The red crowned crane has black spots on the head and neck along with a very distinctive area of ​​bare, living red leather on the crown, which makes it easy to identify. In captivity, a crane with a red crown can over 70 years and is expected to live at a similar age in the wild.

This species is omnipotent and has a wide and diverse diet. Insects, invertebrates, fish, amphibians, small mammals and reptiles form a large Portio diet. If the birds are available, the seeds, grains and green plant mass will eat. Their large size means that cranes with a red crown must consume a huge amount of small food to maintain.

, coming from isolated parts of Japan and China, a red corundum crane suffered from a localized extinction in many areas of the original native range. Extremely endangered, there are only two known wild populations that have only 1,500. This species has suffered a number of main disasters and still face serious threats.

During World War II, a huge number of birds were killed and was mercilessly overheard for sport and trophies. Especially harsh winter in the 1950s occurred that the already fragile population dropped as temperatures dropped, causing food to be rare and led to a large number of birds to die of starvation and exposure. It is reported that the farmer has found what is widely considered to be some of the last reddish cranes near death on his country during this extreme winter. Reportedly there were only 25 birds looking for warmth and comfort from a hot spring in the field. FarmThe Úář allegedly regretted the birds and provided them with food and shelter until they were recovered and the temperatures began to rise.

One of the greatest persistent threats for these birds is the loss of habitat. Because wetlands are released and developed for human expansion, a very small remaining range for reducing cranes with a red crown, which means that birds have nowhere to feed and live. After many years of hard debates and campaigns, nature conservation projects are finally introduced, with a long -term goal to increase the number of red -cycling cranes on self -sufficient levels.

Attacks and feed stations have been established in the entire extent of these birds and there are plans to introduce a captured variant into the suitible habitat. Conservatory especially want to renew the colonies of prisoners in areas where it was known that this species had lived before. There are about 700 captive birds around the world; Most of them participate in breeding projects.