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The Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis), also known as Tibetan crane, is a large bird and medium-sized crane.
It is 139 cm (55 in) long, it has a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan and weighs 5.5 kg (12 lbs). It is whitish-gray crane with a black head, red crown patch, black upper neck and legs, and white patch to the rear of the eye. It has black primaries and secondaries. Both sexes are similar. In Kashmir, it is the state/regional bird of the disputed territory. It is revered in Buddhist traditions and culturally protected across much of its range. A festival in Bhutan celebrates the bird while the Indian union territory of Ladakh has designated it as the state bird.[1][2]
References
This article incorporates text from the ARKive fact-file "Tibetan crane" under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and the GFDL.
- ↑ Khajuria, Sanjay (September 1, 2021). "Snow leopard, Black necked crane declared state animal and birds in Ladakh". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Ladakh declares snow leopard its state animal, black-necked crane state bird". The Statesman. September 1, 2021.
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