白头鹤，学名Grus monacha，亦称锅鹤、玄鹤、修女鹤，是一种深色的小型鹤。

白头鹤是最小的鹤，体长约为1米，体重可达3.7千克，翼宽1.87米。它体型娇小。除了眼睛附近为裸露的红色皮肤，额和两眼前方有较密集的黑色刚毛，从头到颈是雪白的柔毛外，身体其余部分体羽都是石板灰色。

The hooded crane (Grus monacha) is a small, dark crane. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above the eye. It is one of the smallest cranes, but is still a fairly large bird, at 1 m (3.3 ft) long, a weight of 3.7 kg (8.2 lbs) and a wingspan of 1.87 m (6.2 ft).