Whooping Crane is a big bird species. It has white feather almost from neck to tail. However, Whooping Cranes have a red point on top of head, black color at the end of its yellow beak. When they fly, there are obvious black feathers under the end of both wings.
It’s academic name is Grus americana, and it’s Chinese name is 美洲鹤(Mei Zhou He). In Chinese, 美洲=american, 鹤=crane. And it’s a special species that only live in American continent.
There’s a similar crane named Black-necked Crane. You can see it has a black neck from it’s name. It’s head is also black except white spots behind and below of eyes. However, Black-necked Crane has a red point on the top of head as well as Whooping Crane. And there are some black feathers in the end of Black-necked Crane.
Black-necked Crane is called Grus nigricollis as it’s academic name. And it’s Chinese name is 黑颈鹤(Hei Jing He). 黑=black, 颈=neck, 鹤=crane. It’s a special species that only founded in China, and the lasted specie of crane founded by human (Russian explorers) in Qinghai salt lake in 1876.
In 1994, the U.S. and China join issued a same theme stamp-crane. A Whooping Crane and a Black-necked Crane were selected to represent the two countries, respectively. I have the stamps. It’s so concise but excellent design and drawing.