Bird families · Gruiformes

Cranes

Gruidae · 15 species

Cranes (Gruidae) is a family of 15 bird species in the order Gruiformes. They live mostly in wetland, grassland habitats. The smallest is the Demoiselle Crane and the largest the Red-crowned Crane.

• Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
• Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
• Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
• Brolga Antigone rubicunda
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
• Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
• Hooded Crane Grus monacha
• Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
• Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
• Sarus Crane Antigone antigone
• Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus
• Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus
• White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
• Whooping Crane Grus americana