Ten documented crane species in licensed photographs, comparing visible plumage and silhouettes. An editorial selection, not a ranking of beauty, size or rarity. Scene 3: Calgary Zoo. Scene 8: a captive Siberian crane. Visuals are real Wikimedia Commons photographs, not AI-generated images. Narration is synthesized with Edge TTS. Photographs are resized and fitted to a portrait frame; derived images retain their source licenses. Common crane: Andreas Trepte, www.avi-fauna.info; CC BY-SA 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_crane_grus_grus.jpg Sandhill crane: Zygy; CC0 1.0; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antigone_canadensis_353731480_%28cropped%29.jpg Whooping crane: Sasata; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_americana_Sasata.jpg Red-crowned crane: Alastair Rae from London, United Kingdom; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_japonensis_-Hokkaido%2C_Japan_-several-8_%281%29.jpg White-naped crane: Spaceaero2; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-naped_Crane_at_Saijyo_Ehime2.jpg Black-necked crane: Sumeetmoghe; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_necked_crane_at_Hanle.jpg Hooded crane: Spaceaero2; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_monacha_at_Nakagawa_town%2CTokushima.jpg Siberian crane: BS Thurner Hof; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schneekranich_Grus_leucogeranus_090501_We_147.JPG Demoiselle crane: Sumeet Moghe; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demoiselle_Cranes_at_Tal_Chappar.jpg Blue crane: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_paradisea_Etosha_1.jpg Adapted visuals and original contributions to this version are offered under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Source photographs retain their stated licenses.