What type of animal does the white crane belong to?

White cranes are birds.

In terms of biological classification, the white crane belongs to the phylum Chordata, the subphylum Vertebrates, the class Aves, the order Crasiformes, the family Crasidae, and the genus Crassus. It is a large bird with a body length of 130-140 cm. When standing, the body is white, the chest and forehead are bright red, and the beak and feet are dark red; when flying, the wing tips are black and the rest of the feathers are white. Mouth and feet are dark red.

Siberian cranes inhabit open plains, swamp grasslands, tundra swamps, rock edges of large lakes and shallow swamps. They often move alone, in pairs and in family groups. During migration seasons and winter festivals, they often gather in large groups of dozens or even hundreds, especially at stopovers and overwintering sites during migration. Distributed in China, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Japan.

The Siberian Crane mainly feeds on the stems and roots of Vallispergum, Echinacea, Carex, Water Chestnuts and other plants. It also eats the leaves and buds of aquatic plants and a small amount of clams, snails, molluscs, insects, Crustaceans and other animal foods.

Since birds of the order Craneformes have long legs, live in shallow swamps, and mostly feed on fish, shrimp and aquatic plants, they are also collectively called wading birds (wading birds also include storks and flamingos) and birds of the order Ploviformes).