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Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Gruidae

The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to its habitat, such as the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Great Plains. Sandhill cranes are known to frequent the edges of bodies of water.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 362Netherlands · 8