丹顶鹤的英文介绍

Grus japonensis; red-crowned crane

The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane, is a large crane and is the second rarest crane in the world. (Chinese: 丹顶鹤; Chinese: 丹顶鹤; Hanyu Pinyin: Dāndǐng Hè; Japanese: 丹顶 , tancho; the Chinese character '丹' means 'red', '顶/顶' means 'crown' and '鹤/鹤' means 'crane'). In East Asia, it is known as a symbol of luck, longevity and fidelity. At 140-150 cm (55-60 inches) high, the crane does not make easy prey, for all that it stands out in its natural habitat of marshes and swamps. When it matures, the Red-crowned Crane is snow white with a patch of red skin on its head. This patch of skin becomes bright red when the crane becomes angry or excited. This species is the heaviest crane, typically 7.7–10- kg (17-22 lb), although large Sarus Cranes are taller. The maximum known weight of a male Red-crowned Crane is 15 kg (33 lbs）.

丹顶鹤（英文名Red-crowned crane）---长寿的象征，国家一级保护动物。也叫仙鹤、白鹤（其实白鹤是另一种鹤属鸟类）、鴜鷜，中国古籍文献中对丹顶鹤有许多称谓，如《尔雅翼》中称其为"仙禽"，《本草纲目》中称其为"胎禽"。Red-crowned crane

丹顶鹤具备鹤类的特征，即三长——嘴长、颈长、腿长。成鸟除颈部和飞羽后端为黑色外，全身洁白，头顶皮肤裸露，呈鲜红色。 传说中的剧毒鹤顶红（也有称鹤顶血）正是此处，但纯属谣传，鹤血是没有毒的，古人所说的“鹤顶红”其实是砒霜，即不纯的三氧化二砷，鹤顶红是古时候对砒霜隐晦的说法。丹顶鹤的尾脂腺被粉(冉羽)。幼鸟体羽棕黄，喙黄色。亚成体羽色黯淡，2岁后头顶裸区红色越发鲜艳。Red-crowned crane class has three characteristics, namely the mouth long, long - long neck, long legs. Adult birds except the neck and flight feather back-end is black, white, the top of head outside the body skin is bare, show bright red. The legendary venomous crane (also named crane top blood) it is here, but the sheer rumor, cranes blood there is no poison of, the ancients says "crane" is in fact arsenic, namely not pure arsenic trioxide, crane is in ancient times of arsenic faintness of the claim. Red-crowned tail oil glands were powder (RanYu). Squab body plume claybank, beak yellow. The adult plume color is bleak, after age 2 more bright-coloured red head bare area.

The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane, is a large crane and is the second rarest crane in the world. (Chinese: 丹顶鹤; Chinese: 丹顶鹤; Hanyu Pinyin: Dāndǐng Hè; Japanese: 丹顶 , tancho; the Chinese character '丹' means 'red', '顶/顶' means 'crown' and '鹤/鹤' means 'crane'). In East Asia, it is known as a symbol of luck, longevity and fidelity. At 140-150 cm (55-60 inches) high, the crane does not make easy prey, for all that it stands out in its natural habitat of marshes and swamps. When it matures, the Red-crowned Crane is snow white with a patch of red skin on its head. This patch of skin becomes bright red when the crane becomes angry or excited. This species is the heaviest crane, typically 7.7–10- kg (17-22 lb), although large Sarus Cranes are taller. The maximum known weight of a male Red-crowned Crane is 15 kg (33 lbs）.In the spring and summer, the Red-crowned Crane breeds in Siberia and occasionally in northeastern Mongolia (i.e., Mongol Daguur Strictly Protected Area). Normally the crane lays 2 eggs, with only one surviving. Later, in the fall, it migrates in flocks to Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and other countries in East Asia to spend the winter. All Red-crowned Cranes migrate, except for a flock that is resident in Hokkaidō.The crane eats small amphibians, aquatic invertebrates, insects, and plants that grow in marshes and swamps.The habitats used are marshes, riverbanks, rice fields, and other wet areas.StatusThe estimated population of the species is only 1,500 in the wild. Nearly all of the Chinese population lives in the Yancheng Coastal Wetlands.The National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ran a program where U.S. zoos donated eggs which were flown to Russia and raised in the Khinganski Nature Reserve and released into the wild. This program sent 150 eggs between 1995-2005. The program has been put on hold in order to concentrate on different crane conservation programs in Russia, such as education and fire suppression.