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title: "Kraanvogel"
description: "Grus grus — Vogels. The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-crane
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kraanvogel

> Grus grus — Vogels. The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.

- Scientific name: *Grus grus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 41596
- Wikidata: [Q4764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41)

## Names

- en: Common Crane
- de: Kranich
- es: Grulla común
- fr: Grue cendrée
- nl: Kraanvogel
- pt: Grou-comum
- pl: Żuraw

## Countries with the most observations

RU (8641), DE (7301), ES (2609), FR (2541), PL (1987), IT (1700), FI (1547), SE (1255), LU (1163), DK (893), LT (778), UA (690)

## Summary

The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) and the Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) that only are regular in the far eastern part of the continent. Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), demoiselle crane and the brolga (Antigone rubicunda), it is one of only four crane species not currently classified as threatened with extinction or conservation dependent on the species level. Despite the species' large numbers, local…

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

## Photo

![Kraanvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-crane/medium.jpg)

Photo: Teresa Prandi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151022538

## Machine access

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