Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

The Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Wet meadows and marshes of North America. It eats leaves and other plant parts, insects and other small invertebrates and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Antigone canadensis
Region	North America
Found in	United States and Canada

🏡 Where the Sandhill Crane lives

Wet meadows and marshes of North America.

🍽️ What it eats

🌿 Leaves & plants30%
🐛 Insects & bugs20%
🐭 Mammals & birds20%
🍎 Fruit20%
🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

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Recorded by Daniel Parker (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC897739. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Sandhill Crane

Where does the Sandhill Crane live?

The Sandhill Crane lives in United States and Canada. Wet meadows and marshes of North America.

What does the Sandhill Crane eat?

leaves and other plant parts (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 20%), fruit (about 20%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Sandhill Crane endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.