尾黒鶴

Of 尾(お) (o, “tail”) + 黒(くろ) (kuro, “black”) + 鶴(つる) (tsuru, “crane”). The kuro changes to guro and the tsuru to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• IPA^(key): [o̞ɡɯ̟ɾo̞zɨɾɯ̟]

尾(お)黒(ぐろ)鶴(づる) or 尾黒鶴(オグロヅル) • (ogurozuru) 

1. black-necked crane, Grus nigricollis

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).