White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) White-naped Crane
The White-naped Crane (Antigone vipio) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Gruidae (Cranes) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: breeds Siberia and Manchuria; winters to southern China, Korea, and JapanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Antigone vipio
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- White-naped Crane
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Grus Vipio
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- Near Nertchinsk [on the Onon River, Transbaikalia].
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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