Crane
by Athala Bruckner
Title
Crane
Artist
Athala Bruckner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Beautiful crane,taken on the island of Hawaii, on the Kona coast.The Crane is the Old German, Kraen. Both the English and Old German names are a pictorial rewriting of the loud and harsh trumpeting tone, which is typical for the European Crane. In French the crane is known as Grue, in Spanish Grulla and in Greek Gearanos.
Cranes are the Gruidae family of birds, which is part of the order Gruiformes. There are about 15 species of crane.
They are large, tall and mainly terrestrial birds (generally from 85 to 175 cm). With a long neck and long legs, they have a graceful stature, with a mainly grey or white plumage, some having chestnut tones. They are somewhat similar in appearance to herons but differ by the Crane's larger size and shorter bill. Some Crane species, for example the Grey Crowned Crane (Balearics regulorum) which is pictured on this page have an ornamental feather crest in the area where the head meets the back of the neck
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