Japanese crane videos, photos and facts

 The Japanese crane (Grus japonensis), also known as the red-crowned crane, is sacred and seen as a symbol of fidelity, good luck, love and long life in the Orient ⁽⁵⁾. It is also the second rarest crane species in the world ⁽⁶⁾. These tall, graceful birds are mainly white in colour with black lower wings. In male Japanese cranes, the cheeks, throat and neck are also black, whilst in females they are a pearly-grey ⁽⁷⁾. Adults have a bare patch of skin on the crown of the head, which is bright red in colour ⁽⁷⁾. The bill is an olive-green colour and the legs are black. Juvenile Japanese cranes are similar in appearance, although they lack the red crown ⁽⁷⁾ and have black-tipped outer flight feathers

Japanese crane videos, photos and facts