📸 PhotoPhoto: BS Thurner Hof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Siberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus (Siberian Crane · ソデグロヅル)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its standing height of about 1.4 m is roughly 70% of a standard door height (about 2 m).
- 💡 Its body weight of about 6 kg is roughly 60% of a 10 kg bag of rice.
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.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Siberian Crane is a crane that breeds in northeastern Siberia and winters around Poyang Lake in China, and is listed as Critically Endangered (CR) by the IUCN. The eastern population is stable to increasing, whereas the western and central populations have almost disappeared.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Standing about 1.4 m tall and weighing about 6 kg, it is larger than the White-naped Crane (1.3 m) and the Black-necked Crane (1.15 m).
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on berries, small mammals, fish, insects, roots, and tubers. Its global population exceeds 5,500 individuals.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List CR (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692053/134180990
- • IUCN Red List category CR — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 134180990
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000528844 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000528844
- • wikidata.org — Q21949185
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Schneekranich Grus leucogeranus 090501 We 147.JPG
- • savingcranes.org — siberian-crane
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Antigone canadensis)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.