A crane of East Asian wetlands, recognized by a white body and a red patch on the head.
The red crown in adults is exposed skin rather than feathers. Young birds have brown and gray mixed into their plumage.
Red-crowned Cranes include a migratory mainland population and a population that breeds in Hokkaido. Some cranes that breed in northern Hokkaido move to eastern Hokkaido for winter. The populations use different places through the year.
The International Crane Foundation supports wetland water management and local conservation in China and Russia, and work to conserve Korean wintering wetlands and farmland.
Wetland loss, altered water flows and power-line collisions are threats. Disease outbreaks at feeding stations are another conservation risk.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Threats include wetland loss, water diversions, disturbance and power-line collisions. Conservation includes breeding and wintering wetland protection; disease risk at feeding stations is also a concern.