Omid (, meaning "Hope") is a male
Siberian crane
The Siberian crane (''Leucogeranus leucogeranus''), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the crane (bird), cranes. They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all White, snowy whi ...
, notable for being the only remaining Siberian crane of the western population (a larger eastern population winters in China). He keeps returning to its wintering grounds in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, after flying each year, since the winter of 2006-2007. He usually spends four months in
Fereydunkenar wetland on the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...
, northern Iran.
See also
*
List of individual birds
This is a list of well-known real birds. For famous fictional birds, see list of fictional birds.
* Águia Vitória, a bald eagle who serves as the mascot for Portuguese football club S.L. Benfica
* Alex (parrot), Alex, a grey parrot wh ...
References
External links
An Iranian documentary film about Omid, called قصههای امید (''Tales of Hope'')
Individual wading birds
Individual animals in Iran
Individual wild animals
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