little brown crane

little brown crane
noun
: a crane (Grus canadensis canadensis) of western No. America that is a variety of the sandhill crane distinguished by its smaller size and shorter bill

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little brown crane,
a crane of North America with brown plumage and a small patch of red skin on its forehead. It breeds in the icy region of the Arctic Circle and spends the winter in the southwestern United States and Mexico.

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