#0694 · 🐦 birds
Common Crane
🇳🇱 Kraanvogel ·Grus grus
📍 's-Hertogenbosch, NL-NB, NL
📍 Roderwolde, Nederland
📍 Dwingeloo, Nederland
📍 Breskens, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Tarique Sani · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Ирина Николанвна Кудинова · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © מינוזיג - MinoZig · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © jfgodeau · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Blondinrikard Fröberg · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 's-Hertogenbosch, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Roderwolde, Nederland:© KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Dwingeloo, Nederland:© moodejo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Breskens, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The common crane ( Grus grus ), also known as the Eurasian crane , is a bird of the family Gruidae , the cranes.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 169 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 42,699 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Crane
- Nederlands
- Kraanvogel
- scientific name
- Grus grus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Gruiformes
- family
- Gruidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 169
- sightings in Europe
- 32,549
- sightings worldwide
- 42,699
- GBIF records in NL
- 105,361
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gruidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41, Wikidata Q4764, GBIF 2474950, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.