A large mainly white crane with a trumpeting call, breeding in central Canada and now endangered.
美洲鹤，高鸣鹤
Grus americana, family Gruidae
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The trumpet manucode belongs to a diverse group of about sixty species of birds, including trumpeter swans and whooping cranes, that have dramatically elongated windpipes.
‘California condors, whooping cranes, California sea otters, and many other species have also significantly increased their numbers,’ he said.
Peregrine falcons, whooping cranes, piping plovers, black-capped vireos and Bachman's warblers are just some of the better known of these species.
Two species are native to North America, the whooping crane and the sandhill crane.
Saskatchewan also is one of the best places on earth to view rare whooping cranes, magnificent white birds bordering on extinction.
Definition of whooping crane in US English:
whooping crane
noun
A large mainly white crane with a trumpeting call, breeding in central Canada and now endangered.
美洲鹤，高鸣鹤
Grus americana, family Gruidae
Example sentencesExamples
Saskatchewan also is one of the best places on earth to view rare whooping cranes, magnificent white birds bordering on extinction.
The trumpet manucode belongs to a diverse group of about sixty species of birds, including trumpeter swans and whooping cranes, that have dramatically elongated windpipes.
‘California condors, whooping cranes, California sea otters, and many other species have also significantly increased their numbers,’ he said.
Peregrine falcons, whooping cranes, piping plovers, black-capped vireos and Bachman's warblers are just some of the better known of these species.
Two species are native to North America, the whooping crane and the sandhill crane.