Bird / Grus virgo

Demoiselle Crane

LC

Lowest risk

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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