Common European crane Small 212×320 Medium 424×640 Large 679×1024 Download Tiff Original 1591×2400 | (2.3 MB) Description The common crane of Europe is mostly of a blueish-ash color, feeding on worms, insects, reptiles, mollusca, and sometimes on grain. Keywords avian, bird, common, crane, european, grallatores, migratory Galleries Birds: C Source: S. G. Goodrich Animal Kingdom Illustrated Vol 2 (New York, NY: Derby & Jackson, 1859)