kurglaste sugukonda kure perekonda kuuluv linnuliik
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Õnnekurg on raskeim liik kurglaste seas, ta kaalub pea 12 kg. Ta on ka kõige enam veega seotud kureline, vajades märgalasid nii toitumiseks kui pesitsemiseks. Toitub limustest, putukatest, kaladest, konnadest ja pisinärilistest, ka rohust, pilliroost jm taimedest. Elab alalistes paarides. Pilliroost ja rohust tehtud pesa ehitavad paarilised kuni 50 cm sügavusse vette. Aprillis-mais muneb emalind 2 muna. Haudeaeg 29–34 päeva. Poegi kasvatavad mõlemad vanemad. Suguküpsus saabub 3–4-aastaselt. Hääbumise põhjuseks on märgalade kadumine põllumajanduse, tööstuse jm inimtegevuse pealetungi tõttu.
a bird of the family Gruidae
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Adults have a white body, scarlet crown, and black secondaries, tail, and neck. Younger birds lack the red crown and have a light brown neck and brownish speckling on the wings. Breeds in marshy meadows and wetlands and spends the winter in fields, marshes, and other open areas.
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Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2021.
The heaviest of all crane species, the Red-crowned Crane is the second rarest after the Siberian Crane. Named for its red crown, it has snow-white plumage and a grey neck and tail. It prefers deeper water than other cranes and nests among standing reeds in water. A generalist feeder, like other cranes, it tends to have more animal than plantfood in its diet – insects, fish, frogs, and small mammals, as well as aquatic invertebrates.
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Official English names of birds are capitalized, as is the current practice in ornithology (e.g., Yellow-throated Warbler).
