Key Facts
Family: Gruidae
Biometrics:
Length: 100 to 130 cm, Weight: 3 to 6.1 kg, Wingspan: 180 to 240 cm
Range:
Northern Europe, northern Asia, Finland, Sweden and a small number in southern Europe, Ukraine, and Russia till Chukchi peninsula
Habitat:
Predominant in northern Europe, northern Asia, in Scandinavian countries of Finland and Sweden. Breeding in Russia in expanse of grassland and oasis, in Europe, 2,200 meters above sea level in boreal or Taiga forests, composite forests, in Sweden pine forests and swampy regions, deep marshlands of Germany. In winter, they prefer swamps and shallow bays that are filled with water
Clicked at: in Little Rann of Kutch (LRK).
