The wooping crane and the Sandhill crane

Diferences chart
                    

Whooping Crane	Sandhill  Crane
Adult whooping cranes are white with a red crown and a long, dark, pointed bill and immature whooping cranes are pale brown..	Adults are gray overall; during breeding, the plumage is usually much worn and stained, particularly in the migratory populations, and looks nearly ochre.
While in flight, their long necks are kept straight and their long dark legs trail behind.	The Sandhill Crane has a red forehead, white cheeks and a long dark pointed bill. Its long dark legs trail behind in flight, and the long neck is kept straight in flight.
Adult whooping cranes' black wing tips are visible during flight	Immature birds have reddish brown upperparts and gray underparts.
Herons and storks are also quite different in structure from the crane.	The sexes look alike.

Habitat of the whooping crane

The whooping cranes' breeding habitat is the muskeg of the taiga; the only known remaining nesting location is Whooping Crane Summer Range in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada and the surrounding area.
Breeding populations winter along the Gulf coast of Texas, USA near Corpus Christi on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and along Sunset Lake in Portland, Matagorda Island, Isla San Jose, and portions of the Lamar Peninsula and Welder Point, which is on the east side of San Antonio Bay.The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma is a major migratory stopover for the crane population hosting over 75% of the species annually.

Habitat of the sandhill crane

His habitat is located in North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest.