Grey Crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum(Bennett, ET, 1834)
English (US) Gray Crowned Crane
UK name: Grey Crowned Crane
The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) 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.
- Scientific name
- Balearica regulorum
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Gray Crowned Crane
- English (UK)
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Described by
- (Bennett, ET, 1834)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Balearica regulorum gibbericeps
- Balearica regulorum regulorum
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Anthropoïdes Regulorum
- Described by
- (Bennett, ET, 1834)
- Type locality
- South Africa.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.1, no.11 p.118
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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