Durumi

Basic information

Designation

Natural Monument No.202

Category

자연지형

Designated year

1968

Location

., 기타— 기타 전국일원

Coordinates

38.266899, 127.282257Kakao address conversion

This English description was machine-translated and may contain inaccuracies. Refer to the original Korean text for details.

The crane (두루미) is a species of the crane family distributed in Siberia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Korea, and other regions, and is called "hak" (鶴) in Sino-Korean. Although 15 species of cranes are known worldwide, only three species—the crane (두루미), the white-naped crane (재두루미), and the hooded crane (흑두루미)—winter in Korea. Regardless of sex, the body length is 136 cm, and the body is mostly white with black around the eyes and neck. The top of the head is reddish, the beak is tawny, and the legs are black. Young birds have russet-brown bodies. They build nests in vast plains and farmland by piling dried reeds or straw high, and lay 2 eggs around June, with both males and females incubating together. They live in family units in rice paddies, coastal areas, marshes, and other habitats. They are migratory birds that come to Korea in winter and spend the season on the mudflats of the west coast and in the demilitarized zone of Cheorwon, with their current population in Korea estimated at around 350 individuals. The crane is a rare and endangered bird with only approximately 1,600 individuals remaining worldwide, and is designated and protected as a natural monument.

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