{"id":43205,"date":"2013-07-23T04:20:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T02:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:44","slug":"white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/vu-vulnerable\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/","title":{"rendered":"White-naped Crane Grus vipio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The White-naped Crane is a magnificent, stately species that is restricted to East Asia. It breeds in Mongolia, extreme northern China and eastern Russia. In winter it migrates south to a few locations in Korea, Japan and China. Its numbers have declined rapidly due to habitat loss, particularly wetlands.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet:  White-naped Crane Grus vipio <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-370-43205\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3210\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/white-naped-crane-in-flight-grus-vipio-john-a-wright-2292.jpg\" title=\"An adult White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) in flight in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) in flight in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"White-naped Crane in Flight\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_white-naped-crane-in-flight-grus-vipio-john-a-wright-2292.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>White-naped Crane in Flight<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3209\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-john-a-wright-2432.jpg\" title=\"An adult White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) in a field in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) in a field in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-john-a-wright-2432.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3205\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-john-a-wright-7675.jpg\" title=\"An adult White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) in flight in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) in flight in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"White-naped Crane In Flight\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_white-naped-crane-grus-vipio-john-a-wright-7675.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>White-naped Crane In Flight<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White-naped Crane is a magnificent, stately species that is restricted to East Asia. It breeds in Mongolia, extreme northern China and eastern Russia. In winter it migrates south to a few locations in Korea, Japan and China. Its numbers have declined rapidly due to habitat loss, particularly wetlands. 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