The red-crowned crane has a red spot, consisting of skin, which stands on its head. The tip of its wings is black like its neck. Its beak is yellow and pointed.  The rest of its plumage is white.

Large wading bird of the Gruidae family, its exceptional size, wingspans is up to nearly 2,8 for 1.5 m high and ten kilos only, making it one of the largest birds in the world.

Omnivore, the red-crowned crane feeds on small invertebrates, insects and fish, but also rodents and amphibians as well as reeds, summer berries and herbs. That is why it chooses natural habitat as deep marshes, rivers and rice fields. Revered by the people of Asia as a symbol of fidelity and longevity, it is very well fed during the winter, but sometimes it still migrate from Hokkaido where it is found in the majority, until China or Korea.

The red-crowned crane is known for its very complex courtship. Although this bird live in band, when a couple is born, it is united for life. During the nesting occurring in spring and summer, the male and the female convent in turn, for a month, the two eggs laid. A female gives birth usually to one brood per year and young can fly after three months, they leave very early in the nest; but reach sexual maturity after two or three years.

It is a threatened species.