Whooping Crane Grus americana Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Richard P. Urbanek and James C. Lewis
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 15, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 15, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Американски жерав |
| Croatian | bijeli ždral |
| Czech | jeřáb americký |
| Danish | Trompetértrane |
| Dutch | Trompetkraanvogel |
| English | Whooping Crane |
| English (United States) | Whooping Crane |
| French | Grue blanche |
| French (France) | Grue blanche |
| German | Schreikranich |
| Icelandic | Söngtrana |
| Japanese | アメリカシロヅル |
| Norwegian | trompetertrane |
| Polish | żuraw krzykliwy |
| Russian | Американский журавль |
| Serbian | Beli ždral |
| Slovak | žeriav škriekavý |
| Spanish | Grulla Trompetera |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Grulla Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Grulla trompetera |
| Swedish | trumpetartrana |
| Turkish | Ötücü Turna |
| Ukrainian | Журавель американський |
Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Ardea americana
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.142.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America = Hudson Bay, ex Edwards.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GRUS
- grus
- americ / americana / americanum / americanus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Whooping Crane in 2014.
Distribution of the Whooping Crane in 2014. Populations shown are Aransas/Wood Buffalo population (AWP), Louisiana population (LP), Eastern Migratory population (EMP), and Florida (FP). Formerly this species was more widespread in the prairie wetlands of the northcentral United States and southern Canada (see text).