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title: "Żuraw krzykliwy"
description: "Grus americana — Ptaki. The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, named for its \"whooping\" calls."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/whooping-crane
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Żuraw krzykliwy

> Grus americana — Ptaki. The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, named for its "whooping" calls.

- Scientific name: *Grus americana*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 4923
- Wikidata: [Q457477](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457477)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34)

## Names

- en: Whooping Crane
- de: Schneekranich
- es: Grulla blanca
- fr: Grue blanche
- nl: Trompetkraanvogel
- pt: Grou-americano
- pl: Żuraw krzykliwy

## Countries with the most observations

US (4299), CA (193)

## Summary

The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species, with an estimated 22–30+ year life expectancy in the wild. After being pushed to the brink of extinction by unregulated hunting and loss of habitat that left just 21 wild (and two captive) cranes by 1941, the whooping crane made a partial recovery through conservation efforts. The total number of cranes in the surviving migratory…

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

## Photo

![Żuraw krzykliwy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/whooping-crane/medium.jpg)

Photo: Capt. Rob Snider · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10137617

## Machine access

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