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whooping_crane

whooping crane

See also: whooping-crane

English

Two whooping cranes

Noun

whooping crane ‎(plural whooping cranes)

Grus americana, a species of crane native to North America.

Synonyms

trumpeter crane (rare, dated)

Translations

Grus americana

Dutch: kraanvogel (nl) m
Finnish: trumpettikurki (fi)
French: grue canadienne f, grue américaine f
Irish: grús Meiriceánach m
Latin: Grus americana, Grus canadensis

Navajo: dééł, tóniłhę́ęshii
Russian: америка́нский жура́вль m ‎(amerikánskij žurávlʹ)
Spanish: grulla blanca f
Swedish: prärietrana (sv), trumpetartrana

See also

sandhill crane