Wattled Crane
Grus carunculata(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Wattled Crane
The Wattled Crane (Grus carunculata) 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: patchily distributed northeastern and southern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Grus carunculata
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Wattled Crane
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea carunculata
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Africa = Cape of Good Hope, ex Latham.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.643
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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