- Where to see one
- 4 U.S. zoos in our directory hold hooded crane, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the hooded crane
The hooded crane is a crane native to East Asia. It has a grey body and a white head and upper neck, apart from a patch of bare red skin above the eye. It is one of the smallest cranes yet still fairly large, about 1 m (3.3 ft) long, 3.7 kg in weight and with a wingspan of 1.87 m. It breeds in south-central and south-eastern Siberia, and breeding is also suspected in Mongolia. It migrates to wintering grounds in Japan, South Korea and China, and over 80% of the population winters at Izumi in southern Japan. The main threats are wetland loss and degradation on its wintering grounds, and the IUCN evaluates it as Vulnerable.
Hooded Crane facts
- Over 80% of the population winters at Izumi in southern Japan.
- The wintering population at Suncheon Bay in South Korea grew from about 70 birds to around 7,600 in 2024.
- In 2011 a hooded crane was seen overwintering in Tennessee, far outside its normal range.
- In South Korea it is designated a Natural Monument and is protected by law.
Where to see hooded crane in the U.S.
4 zoos across 3 states
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Kansas· 1
Massachusetts· 2
Wisconsin· 1
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