<P> The status of this crane is critical and the world population is estimated to be around 3200--4000, nearly all of them belonging to the eastern breeding population . Of the 15 crane species, this is the most threatened . The western population has dwindled to 4 in 2002 and was thought to be extirpated but one 1 individual was seen in Iran in 2010 . The wintering site at Poyang in China holds an estimated 98% of the population and is threatened by hydrological changes caused by the Three Gorges Dam and other water development projects . </P> <P> Historic records from India suggest a wider winter distribution in the past including records from Gujarat, near New Delhi and even as far east as Bihar . In 1974 as many as 75 birds wintered in Bharatpur and this declined to a single pair in 1992 and the last bird was seen in 2002 . In the 19th century, larger numbers of birds were noted to visit India . They were sought after by hunters and specimen collectors . An individual that escaped from a private menagerie was shot in the Outer Hebrides in 1891 . The western population may even have wintered as far west as Egypt along the Nile . </P> <P> Satellite telemetry was used to track the migration of a flock that wintered in Iran . They were noted to rest on the eastern end of the Volga delta . Satellite telemetry was also used to track the migration of the eastern population in the mid-1990s, leading to the discovery of new resting areas along the species' flyway in eastern Russia and China . The Siberian crane is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African - Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies and is subject of the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation Measures for the Siberian Crane concluded under the Bonn Convention . </P> <P> For Siberian natives--Yakuts and Yukaghirs - the white crane is a sacred bird associated with sun, spring and kind celestial spirits ajyy . In yakut epics Olonkho shamans and shamaness transform into white cranes . </P>

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