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Sarus Crane

Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The sarus crane is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m, they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in South Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarpus forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands in Australia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Gruidae
Genus:
   Antigone
Scientific:
  Antigone antigone

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.142

Protonym:
  Ardea Antigone

Type locality:
  Asia = Farther India, as restricted by Hartert, antea, p. 1820.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/161/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8D891DB7520688E0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8D891DB7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8D891DB7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176181


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Antigone antigone antigone: N India to Nepal and (formerly?) Bangladesh
  • Antigone antigone sharpii: Cambodia and s Laos; winters in Vietnam
  • Antigone antigone gillae: Spottily distributed coastal n Australia (mainly Queensland)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Sarus Crane
Catalan:
Grua sarus
Czech:
jeřáb Antigonin
Danish:
Sarustrane
German:
Saruskranich
Spanish:
Grulla Sarus
Spanish (Spain):
Grulla Sarus
Finnish:
saruskurki
French:
Grue antigone
Croatian:
crvenoglavi ždral
Hungarian:
Antigoné-daru
Icelandic:
Hettutrana
Italian:
Gru antigone
Japanese (romaji):
oozuru
Japanese:
オオヅル
Lithuanian:
Indinė gervė
Dutch:
Saruskraanvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sarustrane
Norwegian:
Sarustrane
Polish:
żuraw indyjski
Portuguese:
Grou-antígona
Portuguese (Portugal):
grou-sarus
Russian:
Индийский журавль
Slovak:
žeriav sarus
Serbian:
Sarus ždral
Swedish:
sarustrana
Ukrainian:
антігона
Chinese:
赤颈鹤
Chinese (Traditional):
赤頸鶴

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Sarus Crane ( Antigone antigone) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Sarus Crane ( Antigone antigone) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Sarus Crane ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Sarus Crane ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Sarus Crane ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Grue antigone ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Grue antigone ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Sarus Crane ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Sarus Crane ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Grus antigone [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Grus antigone [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Grus antigone [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Sarus Crane ( Grus antigone) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Sarus Crane ( Antigone antigone) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Sarus Crane ( Antigone antigone) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Grus antigone [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Grus antigone [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: antiqona, hind durnası, Hindistan durnası
Bashkir: Һиндостан торнаһы
Bulgarian: Индийски жерав
Bengali: দেশি সারস, হদচ঱ ঳ায঳
Bengali (transliteration): dēśi sārasa
Catalan: Grua sarus
Czech: jeøáb, Jeráb Antigonin, Jeřáb Antigonin
Chuvash: Инди тăрни
Danish: Sarustrane
German: Saruskranich
English: Eastern Sarus Crane, Sarus Crane
English, HBW: Sarus Crane
English (IOC): Sarus Crane
English (United States): Sarus Crane
Esperanto: Ruĝkola gruo
Spanish: Grulla de Cola Blanca, Grulla Sarus
Spanish (Spain): Grulla Sarus
Spanish (HBW): Sarus Crane
Estonian: saaruskurg
Finnish: Saruskurki
French: Grue antigone, Grue tropicale
Irish: Grús sárasach
Hebrew: עגור אנטיגוני
Croatian: crvenoglavi ždral
Hungarian: Antigoné-daru
Icelandic: Hettutrana
Italian: Gru Antigone
Japanese (romaji): ooduru, oozuru, ō-zuru
Japanese: オオヅル
Japanese (Kanji): 大鶴
Kara-Kalpak: Ҳиндистан тырнасы
Kazakh: үнді тырнасы
Kirghiz: тазтурна
Scientific: Antigone antigone, Antigone antigone antigone, Ardea Antigone, Grus antigone, Grus antigone antigone, Grus torquata
Lithuanian: Indinė gervė
Malay: Burung Keria, Burung Keria Timur
Nepali: सारस
Dutch: Saruskraanvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sarustrane
Norwegian: Sarustrane
Polish: zuraw indyjski, żuraw indyjski
Pinyin: chì-jǐng hè
Portuguese: Grou-antígona
Portuguese (Portugal): grou-sarus
Russian: Антигона, индийский журавль
Yakut: Индия туруйата
Slovak: Žeriav sarus
Serbian: Sarus ždral
Swedish: Sarustrana
Tajik: турнаи ҳиндӣ
Thai: นกกระเรียน , นกกระเรียนไทย, นกกระเรียนพันธุ์ไทย, นกกะเรียน, นกกาเรียน, นกระเรียน
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaa-rian, nók kà-rian, nók krà-rian, nók krà-rian tʰay
Turkish: Sarus Turnası
Tatar: Һиндстан торнасы , һиндстанлы торна
Ukrainian: антігона, Антігона, або журавель індійський
Uzbek: Ҳиндистон турнаси
Vietnamese: Chim Sếu cổ trụi, Chim Sếu đầu đỏ, Sếu cổ trụi, Sếu cổ trụi, Sếu đầu đỏ
Chinese: 赤颈鹤
Chinese (Traditional): 赤頸鶴

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