Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Crowned Crane
Common Names in French:
Grue Couronn
Common Names in Latin:
Balearica regulorum gibbericeps
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Gruiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Suborder:
Grues
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Infraorder:
Gruides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Gruida
()
- Superfamily:
Gruoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Gruidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Balearicinae
()
- Genus:
Balearica
()
- Brisson 1760
- Specific name:
regulorum
- Subspecies:
gibbericeps
- Scientific name: - Balearica regulorum gibbericeps Reichenow 1892 Reichenow 1892 J.Orn. 40 p.126
- Subspecies:
gibbericeps
- Specific name:
regulorum
- Genus:
Balearica
(
- Subfamily:
Balearicinae
(
- Family:
Gruidae
(
- Superfamily:
Gruoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Gruida
(
- Infraorder:
Gruides
(
- Suborder:
Grues
(
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Balearica
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. pavonia (Tiburon Peninsula Limia) · B. pavonina (West African Crowned Crane) · B. pavonina ceciliae (Sudan Crowned Crane) · B. pavonina pavonina (Black Crowned Crane) · B. regulorum (Golden Crowned Crane) · B. regulorum gibbericeps (Crowned Crane) · B. regulorum regulorum (South African Crowned Crane)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url .
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. London: The Club, 1893- url .
- Catalogue of a collection of birds from British East Africa, by Ned Dearborn. .. 1 1909 Chicago, 1909. url p. 150.
- Contributions to the knowledge of the East African ornithology. Birds collected by the Swedish Mount Elgon Expedition 1920. Lund, C. Blom, 1923. url p. 271.
- Genera avium / Brussels: V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1905-1914. url p. 9.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 365, p. 412.
- Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 105, p. 106, p. 107, p. 119, p. 121, p. 150, p. 71, p. 82, p. 83, p. 95, p. 99.
- With flashlight and rifle, a record of hunting adventures and of studies in wildlife in Equatorial East-Africa. Translated by Frederic Whyte. Introduction by Sir H.H. Johnston. London, Hutchinson, 1906. url p. 117.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 268564
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13906044
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 800627
