Common crane vs Limpkin
The common crane is heavier: 5.5 kg against 1.08 kg for the limpkin, about 5.1 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a common crane and a limpkin?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common crane is heavier: 5.5 kg against 1.08 kg for the limpkin, about 5.1 times the weight.
- They share the order Gruiformes but sit in different families: Common crane in Gruidae, Limpkin in Aramidae.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Common crane | Limpkin | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Grus grus | Aramus guarauna |
| Family | Gruidae | Aramidae |
| Order | Gruiformes | Gruiformes |
| Weight | 5.35 kg – 5.5 kg | 1.05 kg – 1.09 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 39.4 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | omnivore | Not recorded |
| Habitat | wetland | wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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