Stats

Lifespan

22-24 yrs

Size

Huge

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

North America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Endangered

About

Whooping cranes are the tallest North American birds, with some individuals reaching 30 feet tall. These cranes migrate between coastal Texas and the Northwest Territories, Canada, and are the largest cranes native to the Americas.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Gruidae

Genus

Grus

Species

Grus americana