Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) SANCR 4360
Family: Gruiformes > Gruidae

An extremely rare visitor from Canada – less migratory populations occur in the US – to Britain & Ireland.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
192 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
192 records

BTO RECORDS

192 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
192 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Sandhill Crane, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: grua del Canadà
Czech: jeráb kanadský
Danish: Prærietrane
Dutch: Canadese Kraanvogel
Estonian: kanada kurg
Finnish: hietakurki
French: Grue du Canada
German: Kanadakranich
Hungarian: kanadai daru
Icelandic: Mótrana
Irish: Grús Ceanadach
Italian: Gru canadese
Latvian: Kanadas dzerve
Lithuanian: kanadine gerve
Norwegian: Kanadatrane
Polish: zuraw kanadyjski
Portuguese: grou-americano
Slovak: žeriav plavokrký
Slovenian: kanadski žerjav
Spanish: Grulla canadiense
Swedish: prärietrana

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

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