Demoiselle Crane / Grus virgo - KutchWildlife.com

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Migratory

The demoiselle crane is a species of crane found in central Eurosiberia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Birds from western Eurasia will spend the winter in Africa whilst the birds from Asia, Mongolia and China will spend the winter in the Indian subcontinent. The bird is symbolically significant in the culture of India and Pakistan, where it is known as Koonj.

Range elevation: sea level to 3,000 m

Range depth: N/A (low) m

Range mass: 2000 to 2700 g

Average length: 90 cm

Range wingspan: 51 to 59 cm

Average basal metabolic rate: I could not recover any information on the Basal Metabolic Rate cm3.O2/g/hr

Breeding interval: These cranes breed seaonally, on average producing one clutch. Little is known of the possibility of producing more than one clutch. Growth seasons are so short that there would be little time to fledge a second clutch in time fore the preperation for migration.

Breeding season: Breeding is seasonal, and directly coincides with the local rainy season. The nesting period has a duration of three to five months.

Average eggs per season: 2

Average eggs per season: 2

Range time to hatching: 27 to 29 days

Range fledging age: 55 to 60 days

Range time to independence: 8 to 10 months

Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female): 4 to 8 years

Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male): 4 to 8 years

Range lifespan Status: wild: 27 (high) years

Average lifespan Status: wild: unknown years

Range lifespan Status: captivity: 67 (high) years

Average lifespan Status: captivity: 27 years

Range territory size: 10 to 100 km^2

Mertaugh, M. 2004. "Anthropoides virgo" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anthropoides_virgo/

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