Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
Aves
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 20-30 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Flock
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Common
About
This large bird lives in the wetlands and open plains of North America. It can stand on one leg for hours while sleeping to conserve body heat.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
- 2.hatchlingA naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Gruidae
- Genus
- Antigone
- Species
- Antigone canadensis