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Demoiselle cranes are the smallest living cranes. They are monogamous animals that remain with the same partner for life. Their elaborate displays help them to strengthen their bonds during time away from one another. Demoiselle cranes migrate from breeding grounds in central Eurasia to wintering grounds in northern African as well as India and the surrounding countries. When they do begin breeding, they typically give birth to two eggs and the babies will stick with their parents for nearly a year even going on their first migration together with their parents! Scientific Name: Anthropoides virgo (Synonym: Grus virgo) Range: Central Eurasia and northern Africa Size: 3 feet (90cm) tall, 5.7 foot (175cm) wingspan, weigh about 5.3 pounds (2.4kg) Diet: seeds, leaves, nuts, berries, insects, worms, small mammals and reptiles Lifespan: unknown in the wild, 60+ in captivity ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Image and Video Credits: Alan Fosse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2s6hVyQ1k; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtFEE1udaWw Lee D - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liy60qAEWto Sudhir Garg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ycceK2njM; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMPrRgVtoc TheLmpoRadek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3QMohv3KQ Imran Shah - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gilgit2/49216926913 Chris Shervey - https://www.flickr.com/photos/34179117@N00/4686312074 cuatrok77 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/13292388445 Srikaanth Sekar - https://www.flickr.com/photos/srikaanth-sekar/13935792699 Alexander Kurthy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AnthropoidesVirgoIUCNver2019_1.png Klaus Rassinger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anthropoides_virgo_MWNH_0033.JPG Arghyadeep98 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Demoiselle_Cranes_(_Grus_virgo).jpg Sumeet Moghe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Demoiselle_Cranes_at_Tal_Chappar.jpg Mary.Orel - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthropoides_virgo_(je%C5%99%C3%A1b_panensk%C3%BD)_playing_with_dead_mice.webm Georges Seguin - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planete_Sauvage_20180608_08.webm Thierry Dugnolle - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeu_de_regards_avec_une_demoiselle.webm Research Credits: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Field_Guide_to_the_Birds_of_Britain_an/s12BdfjtWtsC https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176192 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=9111 https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anthropoides_virgo https://www.oiseaux.net/birds/demoiselle.crane.html http://animalia.bio/demoiselle-crane https://nhpbs.org/wild/Gruidae.asp https://www.marylandzoo.org/animal/demoiselle-crane https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/birds/demoiselle-crane https://thealexandriazoo.com/DemoiselleCrane.html https://mnzoo.org/blog/animals/demoiselle-crane