Posted 2016/7/11
Red-Crowned Crane(丹顶鹤), also called Fairy Crane, belongs to Gruidae of Gruiformes. In China, people usually draw the fairy crane and aged pine trees together to stand for the prolonged ages and longevity. In fact, the fairy crane often appeared often referred in the traditional Chinese poems and drawings refer to are the red-crowned crane. Inhabiting in the swamps and shoal water areas, as one kind of large-sized wading bird, the red-crowned crane is listed as one of the world endangered species's wild animals that are in severe danger of expiration. With an elegant stature and a full length of about 120cm, the red-crowned crane is well-known foras its "three long", i.e. long beak, long neck and long legs. It has one meter high while standing straight. The red-crowned crane is covered by white- snow feathers over the whole body, and its larynx ,larynx, cheek and neck are dark brown. Its white tail feather is covered by long and curly black arching leathers. Especially its naked minium calvaria iscalvarium is like a red cap, thus its name is originated.
The red-crowned crane is one kind of migratory bird, feeding on fishes, shrimps, seashells and rootstocks of the plants. The shape of the red-crowned cranes is like "-", or "V" while migrating in the sky. The red-crowned crane begins to choose spouses at the beginning of April. The red-crowned crane will accompany its spouse forever once they are matched to be spouses.
According to tThe investigation statistic, research statistics show the total amount of the wild red-crowned cranes all over the world is only around 1200, among whichand the amount of China takes up 60% of the whole number all over the world live in China. Therefore, the red-crowned crane belongs to is thunder first-class state protectione national first-class protected animal. The wild red-crowned cranes They in China inhabit mainly in the Nenjiang River, Song Huajiang River and Wusu Lijiang River in the northeast part of China. The largest amount of the red-crowned cranes living through the winter in Yancheng of Jiangsu is up to 600 per year, and the Zhalong Nature Protection Area in Heilongjiang is their habitat in spring and summer.
