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Armenian Name: | Մոխրագույն կռունկ |
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Species Status: | Threatened Species - Species of Special Concern |
See Plate 3 for Common Crane and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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Abundance: | Uncommon |
Length: | 110-120 cm, Wing Span:220-245 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 96. |
Description: | Large bird with long neck and legs extended in flight; large tuft of plumes covers tail. |
Adult: | Gray with black head with white stripe from side of head onto black neck; red crown patch and eye visible at close range. Often appears very pale at a distance. |
Juvenile: | Orange-brown head and upper neck. |
Similar Species: | Differs from Demoiselle Crane by larger size and gray lower neck and breast. Unlike herons, neck held straight in flight. |
Behavior: | In flight, head, neck, and long legs appear to droop below body. Flight shows powerful wingbeats and long glides; soars on migration and flies in V-formation. Dancing display is characteristic in spring. |
Habitat: | Mountain steppe with small wetlands, often adjacent to crop fields or meadows. |
Food: | Plants, worms, insects, small vertebrates. |
Nest: | Mound of vegetation with shallow cup, in marshes. |
Eggs: | 94 mm, 2, pale yellow-brown or olive with red-brown spots. |