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Common Crane

Grus grus · Family Gruidae

Grus grus

Family Gruidae

Order
Gruiformes
Family
Gruidae
GBIF occurrence records
2,555,749
Countries and territories with records
111
Common Crane
Andreas Eichler · 2017.07.04.-01-Wendisch Rietz--Kranich.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Andreas Eichler · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
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About this species

This species has 2,555,749 occurrence records from 111 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (35.7%), Germany (10%), Denmark (8.6%), Norway (6.2%) and France (6.1%); together they account for 66.5% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.9% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Grus grus combines the genus name Grus with the species epithet grus. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Grus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Grus americana, Grus japonensis and Grus monacha.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 15 species of the family Gruidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 6.9 times the family average (368,127). The family Gruidae belongs to the order Gruiformes, which has 150 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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