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What kind of animal does the white crane belong to?

White cranes belong to birds.

In biological classification, white cranes belong to chordates, vertebrates, birds, cranes and cranes. It is a big bird with a body length of 130- 140 cm. When standing, the whole body is white, the chest is bright red, and the mouth and feet are dark red; When flying, the tip of the wing is black and the rest of the feathers are white. The mouth and feet are dark red.

White cranes inhabit open plains, swamps, tundra swamps, great lakes and shallow swamps. Often alone, in pairs, in pairs, the migration season and winter festival often integrate dozens or even hundreds of large groups, especially in the halfway stations and wintering places. China, Indian, Iranian, Afghan and Japanese.

The crane mainly feeds on the stems and tubers of Sophora alopecuroides, POTAMOGETON POTAMOGETON, Carex, water chestnut and other plants, and also eats the leaves and buds of aquatic plants and a small amount of animal food, such as mussels, snails, mollusks, insects and crustaceans.

Because crane birds have long legs and live in shallow swamps, they mostly feed on fish, shrimp and aquatic plants, so they are also collectively called wading birds (wading birds also include crocodiles, red storks and story birds).