The Demoiselle Crane


Anthropoides virgo



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Habitat: 
These cranes live in steppe habitats, 
meadows, feathery grass, and damp marshes.

Range: Northwestern Africa, to Japan,
and western Europe.

Status: Migratory population is abundant 
in it's non-breeding range in the east.
However, there are only a small number of nests 
located in Morocco, where the breeding numbers
were larger.