Whooping Crane
Grus americana(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Whooping Crane
The Whooping Crane (Grus americana) 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 northern Canada; winters coastal southeastern TexasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Grus americana
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Whooping Crane
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea americana
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- North America = Hudson Bay, ex Edwards.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.142
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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