Where does the Common Crane live?
Grus grus has 2,531,629 records in 111 countries and territories, from 1575 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.
- 2,531,629 records
- 111 places
- 185 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesGruiformesGruidaeGrus
When it is recorded
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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 908,196 | |
| Germany | 254,165 | |
| Denmark | 217,920 | |
| Norway | 156,666 | |
| France | 143,236 | |
| Estonia | 119,981 | |
| Netherlands | 105,095 | |
| Spain | 101,769 | |
| Finland | 95,356 | |
| Poland | 65,227 | |
| Hungary | 64,719 | |
| Ethiopia | 31,631 | |
| Israel | 24,415 | |
| India | 21,569 | |
| Lithuania | 20,432 | |
| Ukraine | 20,085 | |
| Russia | 17,723 | |
| Belgium | 16,439 | |
| Tunisia | 14,763 | |
| Italy | 14,742 | |
| Latvia | 12,831 | |
| Serbia | 11,188 | |
| Croatia | 10,323 | |
| United Kingdom | 9,846 | |
| Belarus | 8,852 | |
| Czechia | 6,971 | |
| Türkiye | 6,750 | |
| Portugal | 5,170 | |
| Algeria | 4,755 | |
| Slovakia | 4,015 | |
| China | 3,742 | |
| Luxembourg | 3,506 | |
| Switzerland | 2,869 | |
| Sudan | 2,816 | |
| United States | 2,722 | |
| Romania | 2,296 | |
| Egypt | 2,139 | |
| Libya | 2,086 | |
| Austria | 2,067 | |
| Mongolia | 1,734 |
Showing the top 40 of 111 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Gruidae.
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.