White-Naped Crane
Antigone vipio
About the White-Naped Crane
Geographic Range:
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Gruidae
Genus: Antigone
Species: vipio
The white-naped crane resembles other Asian cranes but is set apart by its striking slate-grey plumage. These cranes breed in Russia, Mongolia and China but spend the winter months further south on the Korean peninsula, in southern Japan and in China’s Yangtze River basin.
White-naped cranes are losing habitat to agriculture, development and pollution. There are currently only 6,000 of these birds left in the wild.
You Can Find This Animal in the Bird's World Exhibit
Committed to Conservation
Zoo New England participates in the white-naped crane Species Survival Plan. By sharing research and knowledge, participating institutions work together to establish guidelines that best ensure the health of captive populations, and with success, the survival of endangered species.
