White-naped crane migration route

5 White-naped crane tracks from animals tagged in Transbaikalia, Russia (1000 Cranes project). Pick one and press play to draw its route day by day.

White-naped cranes also winter in Korea, around Cheorwon. See on the map where these birds went.

Scientific name
Grus vipio
Tagged in
Transbaikalia, Russia (1000 Cranes project)
Years recorded
2018 to 2024
Animals on this page
5

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Records by animal

AnimalRecordedDaysDistanceLongest dayCountries
GV_Green_KN61482018-08-13
~ 2024-06-10
69530,910 km449 km3: Russia, People's Republic of China, Mongolia
GV_Onon_KN61502018-07-27
~ 2024-03-21
54127,139 km475 km3: Russia, People's Republic of China, Mongolia
GV_Kulusutai_KN61492018-08-14
~ 2021-03-29
36316,387 km345 km3: Russia, Mongolia, People's Republic of China
GV_Torey_KN61682018-08-03
~ 2023-10-13
29113,536 km460 km2: Russia, People's Republic of China
GV_Kuste_KN61512018-09-29
~ 2018-10-13
15648 km519 km3: Russia, Mongolia, People's Republic of China

Distance adds up straight lines between one point per day. The real path was longer.

Countries are counted only where a daily point falls inside a border. Points at sea are not counted.

Red List status

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Where this record comes from

Citation (as given)

Ilyashenko EI, Pokrovsky I, Goroshko OA, Mudrik EA, Politov D, Ilyashenko VY, Fiedler W, Wikelski M. 2024. Data from: Study "1000 Cranes. Russia. Transbaikalia.". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.592

License: CC BY 4.0 (credit required)

Original data (DOI): doi:10.5441/001/1.592

We reduced the original data to one point per day and removed points that jump away from the days around them.

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