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Special Natural Monument
Birds
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha
The Hooded Crane is a medium-sized crane with a white head and neck and a dark gray body. It breeds in eastern Siberia and other areas and winters in Japan. Izumi in Kagoshima and Yashiro in Shunan and Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi, are well-known wintering sites, and both are Special Natural Monuments as cranes and their wintering grounds.
- Scientific name
- Grus monacha
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Yamaguchi, Kagoshima
- 日本語
- ナベヅル
- 简体中文
- 白头鹤
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The Hooded Crane is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamaguchi, Kagoshima.
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