The Black-necked Crane is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is 139 cm (55 in) long with a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan, and it weighs 5.5 kg (12 lbs). It is whitish-gray, with a black head, red crown patch, black upper neck and legs, and white patch to the rear of the eye. It has black primaries and secondaries. Both sexes are similar. Some populations are known to make seasonal movements. It is revered in Buddhist traditions and culturally protected across much of its range. A festival in Bhutan celebrates the bird while the Indian union territory of Ladakh has designated it as the state bird. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Przevalski, NM 1876
Reference:
Mongol. Strana Tangut. Trekhl. Putesh., Ptitsy
2 p.135
Protonym:
Grus nigricollis
Type locality:
Koko-nor.
Avibase ID:
7A78AD1C9585A6F7
Avibase ID:
avibase-7A78AD1C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7A78AD1C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176187
Geographic range:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Grue à cou noir ( Grus nigricollis) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Grue à cou noir ( Grus nigricollis) |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Oriental Bird Club: Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Grus nigricollis |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Grus nigricollis |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Grus nigricollis |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Black-necked Crane ( Grus nigricollis) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Grus nigricollis |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Grus nigricollis |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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