Red-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Red-crowned Crane
The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) 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, Hokkaido and Mongolia; winters eastern China and KoreaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Grus japonensis
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Red-crowned Crane
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea (Grus) Japonensis
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Japan.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.110
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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