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White cranes are finding foods in the lotus root pond in misty winter. White crane (scientific name: Grus leucogeranus) - Wild animals and rare birds under first class national protection: it is a large wading bird, slightly smaller than Red Crowned Crane and slightly larger than egret, with a body length of 130-140 cm. When standing, the body is white, the chest and forehead are bright red, the mouth and feet are dark red; when flying, the wing tips are black, and the rest of the feathers are white. The iris is brown yellow, and the mouth and feet are dark red. It lives in open plain swamp grassland, tundra swamp, large lake rock edge and shallow water swamp. It is distributed in China, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Japan. Took the photo in Jiangxi, China, aisa.

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