Sandhill crane
Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedbirds
The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species in the family Gruidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 4.12 kg to 4.54 kg and live up to 21.5 years.
Quick facts about the sandhill crane
- Weight
- 4.12 kg – 4.54 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 21.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 36.6 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 29 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the sandhill crane live?
Not recorded
Is the sandhill crane endangered?
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.
How is the sandhill crane classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyGruidae
- genusAntigone
- SpeciesAntigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Ardea canadensis, Grus canadensis, Grus proavus, Megalornis canadensis
Other names and names in other languages (61)
- KronkyEnglish
- Little brown craneEnglish
- Ribeye in the skyEnglish
- San hill craneEnglish
- كركي التل الرمليArabic
- Канадски жеравBulgarian
- Garan KanadaBreton
- grua del CanadàCatalan
- Канада тыртняMari
- jeřáb kanadskýCzech
- garan twyniWelsh
- Garan y twyniWelsh
- PrærietraneDanish
- KanadakranichGerman
- Αμερικάνικος ΣταχτογερανόςGreek
- kanada gruoEsperanto
- Grulla grisSpanish
- Grulla canadienseSpanish
- qut'raaqCentral Yupik
- quchillgaqCentral Yupik
- kanada kurgEstonian
- hietakurkiFinnish
- kanadatraniFaroese
- Grue du CanadaFrench
- Kanadeeske KraanWestern Frisian
- Corr ceanadachIrish
- Grús CeanadachIrish
- Grou americanoGalician
- Groose CanadaghManx
- עגור קנדיHebrew
- kanadai daruHungarian
- MótranaIcelandic
- Gru canadeseItalian
- カナダヅルJapanese
- 캐나다두루미Korean
- kanadinė gervėLithuanian
- sləhiblut
- slihiblut
- Kanādas dzērveLatvian
- wvtolvMuscogee
- DéłíNavajo
- Canadese KraanvogelDutch
- kanadatraneNorwegian
- ᐅᒋᒐ`Ojibwa
- AjijaakOjibwa
- żuraw kanadyjskiPolish
- grou-americanoPortuguese
- Grou-canadensePortuguese
- grou-canadianoPortuguese
- grou-do-canadáPortuguese
- Канадский журавльRussian
- SáttoguorgaNorthern Sami
- žeriav plavokrkýSlovak
- kanadski žerjavSlovenian
- Kanadski ždralSerbian
- prärietranaSwedish
- นกกระเรียนเนินทรายThai
- Kanada TurnasıTurkish
- журавель канадськийUkrainian
- 沙丘鶴Chinese
- 沙丘鹤Chinese
Relatives of the sandhill crane
Other species in the same genus Antigone.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sandhill crane?
An adult sandhill crane weighs 4.12 kg – 4.54 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the sandhill crane live?
The sandhill crane has a recorded lifespan of 21.5 years.
What kind of animal is the sandhill crane?
The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) belongs to the family Gruidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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