The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Limnogeranus

(Gruidae; syn. Grus Whooping Crane G. americana) Gr. λιμνη limnē  marsh; γερανος geranos  crane; "LIMNOGERANUS, gen. n.  Genus simile generi 'Grus' dicto, sed genis anticis nudis, pileo usque ad nucham nudo, loris nudis, regione suboculari et postoculari plumosa distinguendum.  Typus. Limnogeranus americanus (L.)" (Sharpe 1893); "Limnogeranus Sharpe, 1893, Bull. British Ornith. Club, I (VII), p. xxxvii.  Type, by original designation, Limnogeranus americanus (L.) = Ardea americana Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).


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