By far the commonest crane wintering in Japan is the hooded crane. The majority of its world population migrate to Arasaki in south-west Kyushu from north-east China and Russia via the Korean peninsula. Each year they are joined by around 1,500 white-naped cranes (see inset). The total flock in excess of 10,000 birds makes the reclaimed fields and marshes at Arasaki a crucially important Asian "wetland" well deserving of Ramsar status.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 28
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71By far the commonest crane wintering in Japan is the hooded crane. The majority of its world population migrate to Arasaki in south-west Kyushu from north-east China and Russia via the Korean peninsula. Each year they are joined by around 1,500 white-naped cranes (see inset). The total flock in excess of 10,000 birds makes the reclaimed fields and marshes at Arasaki a crucially important Asian "wetland" well deserving of Ramsar status. Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 28
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