Cranes, Rails, Crakes and their related birds
GRUIFORMES
This room displays photos of cranes and other related birds including rails, crakes, bustards, coots and moorhens.
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Red-crowned Crane, Tancho or Grus japonensis <Gruidae>. photo: 08/1997, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Common Coot [1], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. photo: 03/2000, Tokyo, Japan.
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Common Moorhen [1], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 03/2002, Chiba, Japan
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| Common Coot [2], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. photo: 03/2002, Chiba, Japan. |
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Common Moorhen [2], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan
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White-breasted waterhen [1], Shirohara Kuina or Amaurornis phoenicurus <Rallidae>. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan
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Slaty-legged Crake [1][2], Ookuina or Rallina eurizonoides <Rallidae>. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan
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Brolga, Oosutoraria-Zuru or Grus rubicunda <Gruidae>. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.
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Common Coot [3], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2003, Albany, WA, Australia.
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Purple Swamphen [1][2][3], Seikei or Porphyrio porphyrio <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2003, Busselton, WA, Australia.
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Dusky Moorhen [1][2], Nettai Ban or Gallinula tenebrosa <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2003, Busselton, WA, Australia.
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Buff-banded Rail, Nanyo Kuina or Gallirallus philippensis <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2003, Preston Lake, WA, Australia.
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Common Moorhen [3][4][5], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 04/2004, Tokyo, Japan
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Common Coot [4], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. photo: 08/2004, Amsterdam, Netherland.
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Grey-winged Trumpeter [1][2], Rappacho or Psophia crepitans <Psophiidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
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| Red-crested Bustard [1], Kammuri Sho Nogan or Eupodotis ruficrista <Otididae>. photo: 08/2005, Otjiwarongo, Namibia. |
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Kori Bustard [1][2][3], Afurika Oo Nogan or Ardeotis kori <Otididae>. photo: 08/2005, Etosha, Namibia. |
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Red-crested Bustard [2][3][4], Kammuri Shô Nogan or Eupodotis ruficrista <Otididae>. photo: 08/2005, Etosha, Namibia. |
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| White-quilled Bustard [1][2][3], Hajiro Kuroeri Shô Nogan or Eupodotis afraoides <Otididae>. photo: 08/2005, Etosha, Namibia. |
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Rüppell's Bustard, Ko Nodoguro Shô Nogan or Eupodotis rueppellii <Otididae>. photo: 08/2005, Uis, Namibia. |
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Red-knobbed Coot [1], Afurika Ooban or Fulica cristata <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2005, Swakopmund, Namibia. |
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| Red-knobbed Coot [2], Afurika Ooban or Fulica cristata <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2005, Daan Viljoen GR, Namibia. |
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Common Moorhen [6][7][8], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2005, Daan Viljoen GR, Namibia. |
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Black Crake [1][2], Afurika Kuro Kuina or Amaurornis flavirostra <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2005, Daan Viljoen GR, Namibia. |
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| Common Moorhen [9][10], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. |
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Ruddy-breasted Crake [1][2], Hi Kuina or Porzana fusca <Rallidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. |
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White-breasted waterhen [2], Shirohara Kuina or Amaurornis phoenicurus <Rallidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. |
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| Common Moorhen [11][12], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 03/2007, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Common Moorhen [13][14], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 07/2007, O'ahu Island, Hawaii. |
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Hawaiian Coot [1][2], Hawai Ooban or Fulica alai <Rallidae>. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i Island, Hawaii. |
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| Black-bellied Bustard, Kurohara Chû Nogan or Eupodotis melanogaster <Otididae>. photo: 08/2007, Loango, Gabon. |
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African Finfoot [1][2][3], Afurika Hireashi or Podica senegalensis <Heliornithidae>. photo: 08/2007, Mprivié River, Gabon. |
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African Finfoot [4][5][6], Afurika Hireashi or Podica senegalensis <Heliornithidae>. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. |
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| Black Crake [3][4], Afurika Kuro Kuina or Amaurornis flavirostra <Rallidae>. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon. |
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Common Moorhen [15][16], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 09/2007, Paris, France. |
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Common Moorhen [17], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 11/2007, Caiyuan, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. |
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| Common Moorhen [18][19][20], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan. |
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Common Coot [5], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan. |
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American Coot, Amerika Ooban or Fulica americana <Rallidae>. . photo: 08/2008, Patagonia, Arizona, USA. |
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| Siberian Crane, Sodeguro-Zuru or Grus leucogeranus <Gruidae>. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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White-naped Crane, Mana-Zuru or Grus vipio <Gruidae>. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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Hooded Crane [1], Nabe-Zuru or Grus monacha <Gruidae>. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Common Crane, Kuro-Zuru or Grus grus <Gruidae>. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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Common Coot [6], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. . photo: 02/2009, Lake Ismarida, Greece. |
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Hooded Crane [2], Nabe-Zuru or Grus monacha <Gruidae>. photo: 04/2009, Miyagi, Japan. |
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| Purple Swamphen [4], Seikei or Porphyrio porphyrio <Rallidae>. photo: 08/2009, Cat TIen NP, Vietnam. |
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White-breasted waterhen [3], Shirohara Kuina or Amaurornis phoenicurus <Rallidae>. photo: 08/2009, Cat TIen NP, Vietnam. |
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Common Coot [6], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. photo: 12/2009, Ibaraki, Japan. |
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| Common Moorhen [21], Ban or Gallinula chloropus <Rallidae>. photo: 12/2009, Ibaraki, Japan. |
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Common Coot [7], Ooban or Fulica atra <Rallidae>. photo: 01/2010, Tokyo, Japan. |
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