Black-necked Crane
Grus nigricollisPrzevalski, NM, 1876
English (US) Black-necked Crane
The Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) 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 Tibetan plateau; winters to northeastern India and southern ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Grus nigricollis
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Black-necked Crane
- Described by
- Przevalski, NM, 1876
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Przevalski, NM, 1876
- Type locality
- Koko-nor.
- Original description
- Mongoliya i strana tangutov: trekhletneye puteshestviye v vostochnoy nagornoy Azii 2 p.135
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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