Red-crowned Crane

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q232906
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Summary

Red-crowned Crane is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,837 views/month, #1,177 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Grus[5]
  • Taxon name: Grus japonensis[6]
  • Commons category: Grus japonensis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grus japonensis[8]
  • Commons gallery: Grus japonensis[9]
  • Original combination: Ardea japonensis[10]
  • Heritage designation: Natural Monument of Japan[11], Special Natural Monument[12], Natural Monument of South Korea[13]
  • Short name: G. japonensis[14]
  • Taxon common name: garan Manshwria[15], Red-crowned Crane[16], Mandschurenkranich[17], Grulla manchú[18], grua del Japó[19], jeřáb mandžuský[20], õnnekurg (jaapani kurg)[21], Japantrane[22], Японский журавль[23], タンチョウ[24], Japansk Trane[25], mantsuriankurki[26], mandzsu daru[27], żuraw mandżurski[28]
  • Wingspan: 235 cm[29]

Body

Identifiers

Red-crowned Crane's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39[30]. Red-crowned Crane's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30415[31]. Red-crowned Crane's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45518779[32]. Red-crowned Crane's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2474944[33]. Red-crowned Crane's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176184[34].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Red-crowned Crane include 5064 Tanchozuru[35], an asteroid[36].

Why It Matters

Red-crowned Crane has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include 5064 Tanchozuru[35], an asteroid[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Japanese Database of National Cultural Properties. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Taxon rank → species
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    Topic's main category → Category:Grus japonensis
    Heritage designation → Natural Monument of Japan, Special Natural Monument, Natural Monument of South Korea
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