The White-naped Crane, also known as Grus vipio is a large bird that is approximately 44–49 inches long, and 4ft tall. These birds weigh about 5.6 kg with grey and white striped neck, pinkish legs, and a red face patch. The majority of White-naped Cranes breed in northeastern China, southeastern Russia and northeastern Mongolia. During winters, different groups of the birds migrate to Yangtze River, Korea and Japan. Some of them can also be seen in Kazakhstan and Taiwan. Their diet includes mainly insects, seeds, roots, plants and small animals. Due to ongoing overhunting in some areas, the White-naped Crane is marked as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species..