Hooded Crane
Grus monachaTemminck, CJ, 1835
English (US) Hooded Crane
The Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) 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 northwestern Manchuria; winters to eastern China, Korea, and JapanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Grus monacha
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Hooded Crane
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1835
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1835
- Type locality
- Hokkaido and Korea.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.94, vol.5 pl.555
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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