Balearica regulorum regulorum (South African Crowned Crane)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Mahem

Common Names in Dutch:

Grijze Kroonkraan

Common Names in English:

Crowned Crane, Gray Crowned-Crane, Grey Crane, Grey Crowned Crane, Grey Crowned-Crane, Grey-Crowned Crane, Royal Crane, South African Crowned Crane, South African-Crowned Crane, Southern Crowned Crane

Common Names in Finnish:

Etelänkruunukurki

Common Names in French:

Grue Royale

Common Names in German:

Südafrikanischer Kronenkranich

Common Names in Italian:

Gru Coronata Grigia

Common Names in Latin:

Balearica regulorum regulorum,

Common Names in Spanish:

Grulla Real Gris

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: regulorum
        Scientific name: - Balearica regulorum regulorum (Bennett,ET) 1834 (Bennett,ET) 1834 PZS["1833"] Pt1 no.11 p.118 Author

Synonyms

Balearica regulorum (Bennett • Balearica regulorum< /i> (Bennett

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)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852038
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13888623
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1031373