Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)
About the Hooded Crane
The hooded crane (Grus monacha) is a crane native to East Asia and a frequent migratory bird in Japan. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above the eye. It is one of the smallest cranes, but is still a fairly large bird, at 1 m (3.3 ft) long, a weight of 3.7 kg (8.2 lb) and a wingspan of 1.87 m (6.1 ft).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 34 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in China, Japan, Russia, South Korea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common CraneGrus grusrecording
- Demoiselle CraneGrus virgorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.