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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Grus monacha

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Gruidae

Genus

Grus

Species

Grus monacha

Aves🍂 Omnivore

Hooded Crane

Grus monacha (Hooded Crane · ナベヅル)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)VU (Vulnerable)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Hooded Crane»

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Omnivore

Length · Height

No data · 1m

Mass · Top Speed

3.8kg · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Wetlands and grasslands (breeds in south-central Russia and northern China; winters in Kyushu in Japan, Korea, and the middle Yangtze River)

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its standing height of about 1 m is half the height of a standard door (about 2 m) (Comparison).
💡 Its weight of about 3.75 kg is slightly more than one-third (1/3) of a 10 kg bag of rice (Comparison).
💡 At winter feeding stations in Korea and Japan, it is fed grains such as rice and wheat.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)43

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#흑두루미#Grus monacha

📖 1. Overview

The Hooded Crane breeds in south-central Russia and northern China and winters in Kyushu in Japan, Korea, and the middle Yangtze River basin in China. It is listed as Vulnerable (VU) by the IUCN and is on CITES Appendix I.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Standing about 1 m tall and weighing about 3.75 kg, it is smaller than the White-naped Crane (1.3 m) and Common Crane (1.15 m) in International Crane Foundation records.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It eats aquatic plants, berries, insects, amphibians, roots, seeds, grass, and small mammals, and at feeding stations in Korea and Japan it also eats grains such as rice and wheat. Over 80% of the wintering population gathers at the Izumi feeding station in Kyushu, Japan.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In Korea, it is a Class II endangered wildlife species (Korea) and was designated as a Natural Monument (Korea) on November 2, 1970. The International Crane Foundation notes that Korea is a wintering site for a small number of birds and has feeding stations.