The Common Crane (Grus grus) is a crane found across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. A tall, long-legged bird of open wetlands, famous for its bugling calls and dancing display. It typically occurs in wetlands and wet meadows.
In the Nordic countries the Common Crane is best described as a summer visitor. Its global conservation status is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. On Fågelkartan you can see where it has been reported over the last 30 days, based on open data from the national species-observation systems.
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