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Entity:
Gruinae (Subfamily) - typical cranes
..Anthropoides (Genus)
..†Baeopteryx (Genus)
..Bugeranus (Genus)
..Grus (Genus)
....Grus americana (Species) - whooping crane
....Grus antigone (Species) - Sarus crane
....Grus canadensis (Species) - sandhill crane
....†Grus conferta (Species)
....Grus grus (Species) - common crane
....Grus japonensis (Species) - red-crowned crane
....Grus leucogeranus (Species) - Siberian crane
....Grus monacha (Species) - hooded crane
....Grus nigricollis (Species) - black-necked crane
....Grus rubicunda (Species) - brolga
....Grus vipio (Species) - white-naped crane
Types
Type of
:
Gruinae
(Subfamily)
Vigors
Type of
:
Gruoidea
(Superfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 97.
[implicit]
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Grus grus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 97.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
†
Baeopteryx
(Genus)
Wetmore, 1960
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Jun 2018.
Synonymous name
:
Megalornis
(Genus)
Gray, 1841
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Anthropoides
(Genus)
Vieillot, 1816
Including
:
Bugeranus
(Genus)
Gloger, 1842
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kraanvogels
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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