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title: "White-naped Crane"
description: "Antigone vipio — Birds. The white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-naped-crane
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-naped Crane

> Antigone vipio — Birds. The white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae.

- Scientific name: *Antigone vipio*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 1450
- Wikidata: [Q27452479](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27452479)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508057](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508057)

## Names

- en: White-naped Crane
- de: Weißnackenkranich
- es: Grulla Cuelliblanca
- fr: Grue à cou blanc
- pl: Żuraw białoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

KR (294), RU (224), JP (146), CN (105), MN (71)

## Summary

The white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It breeds in shallow wetlands and wet meadows in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern China, and adjacent areas of southeastern Russia. It is a large bird measuring 112–125 cm (44–49 in) long, about 130 cm (4.3 ft) tall, and weighing about 5.6 kg (12 lb), with pinkish legs, a grey-and-white-striped neck, and a red face patch.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-naped_crane

## Photo

![White-naped Crane](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-naped-crane/medium.jpg)

Photo: prodewald · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226665940

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-naped-crane?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).