Sandhill Crane
Introduction
An extremely rare visitor from Canada – less migratory populations occur in the US – to Britain & Ireland.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution. Recent records relate to one individual that travelled the length of Britain, being seen at various points along the way.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Gruiformes
- Family: Gruidae
- Scientific name: Antigone canadensis
- Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
- BTO 5-letter code: SANCR
- Euring code number: 4360
Alternate species names
- Catalan: grua del Canadà
- Czech: jeráb kanadský
- Danish: Prærietrane
- Dutch: Canadese Kraanvogel
- Estonian: kanada kurg
- Finnish: hietakurki
- French: Grue du Canada
- German: Kanadakranich
- Hungarian: kanadai daru
- Icelandic: Mótrana
- Irish: Grús Ceanadach
- Italian: Gru canadese
- Latvian: Kanadas dzerve
- Lithuanian: kanadine gerve
- Norwegian: Kanadatrane
- Polish: zuraw kanadyjski
- Portuguese: grou-americano
- Slovak: žeriav plavokrký
- Slovenian: kanadski žerjav
- Spanish: Grulla canadiense
- Swedish: prärietrana
More Evidence
More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com
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