sandhill crane

[ sand-hil ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.

1795–1805, Americanism; sandhill, late Middle English sond hille, Old English sondhyll. See sand, hill

This smaller variety is very much like the Sandhill Crane, but more brown, especially on the wings.

We also saw a young Sandhill Crane, and on an open prairie four Antelopes a few hundred yards off.

Sixty-odd miles as migrates the sandhill crane, separated the settlements of Yankton and Sioux Falls.

So we hastily concluded that our hero could whip every bird in the country except perhaps the sandhill crane.

The largest bird of the Island is the Cuban sandhill crane (Grus nesiotes).

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