Hooping crane

Weight

5.83 kg – 7.3 kg

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

30 years – 40 years

Diet

Omnivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetland

Egg incubation

31.8 days

Young per litter or clutch

2

Age at maturity

4 years – 4.49 years

Litters or clutches a year

1

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Migratory

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGruiformes
5. familyGruidae
6. genusGrus
7. SpeciesGrus americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Ardea americana, Grus clamator, Grus hoyianus, Grus struthio

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common crane

Grus grus

Gruidae

VU, Vulnerable

Red-crowned crane

Grus japonensis

Gruidae

T

Tibetan crane

Grus nigricollis

GruidaeNo free photo yet

H

Hooded crane

Grus monacha

GruidaeNo free photo yet

G

Grus primigenia

GruidaeNo free photo yet

W

Wattled crane

Grus carunculata

GruidaeNo free photo yet

CompareHooping crane vs Common craneHooping crane vs Red-crowned craneHooping crane vs Tibetan craneHooping crane vs Hooded crane

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@misc{hooping_crane_2026,
  title = {Hooping crane (Grus americana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hooping-crane},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}