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BALEARICINAE
BALEARICA Brisson, 1760 F - Balearica Brisson; type by tautonymy = Ardea pavonina Linnaeus, 1758
Balearica regulorum Grey Crowned Crane
gibbericeps Reichenow, 1892 iS Uganda and C and S Kenya to N Zambia and N Mozambique
regulorum (E.T. Bennett, 1834) iS Angola and S Zambia to S Mozambique and E South Africa
Balearica pavonina2 Black Crowned Crane pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758) vSenegal and Gambia to Chad
ceciliae P.C. Mitchell, 1904 iSudan to W Ethiopia, N Uganda and NW Kenya
GRUINAE
LEUCOGERANUS Bonaparte, 1855 M - Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773; type by tautonymy
Leucogeranus leucogeranus 3 (Pallas, 1773) Siberian Crane NW and EC Siberia >> Iran, NW India and E China
ANTIGONE Reichenbach, 1853 F - Grus torquata Vieillot, 1817; type by original designation and tautonymy = Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758
Antigone canadensis4 Sandhill Crane 1 canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) vNE Siberia, Alaska and N Canada (east to Baffin I.) >> SW USA and NC Mexico
2 tabida (J.L. Peters, 1925)5 vS Canada, W and NC USA >> S USA, NC Mexico 2 pratensis (F.A.A. Meyer, 1794) vSE USA (SE Georgia, Florida Pen.)
2 pulla (Aldrich, 1972) vSE USA (SE Mississippi) [Aldrich, 1972 #41]
2 nesiotes (Bangs & Zappey, 1905) iCuba and Isla de la Juventud
Antigone vipio (Pallas, 1811) White-naped Crane
N Mongolia, S and E Transbaikalia, NE China and Russian Far East >> Korea, S Japan, EC China
Antigone antigone Sarus Crane
antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) iNepal, N India >> Bangladesh
sharpii (Blanford, 1895)6 iMyanmar and E continental SE Asia; formerly mainland SE Asia to C Thai-Malay Pen., N Philippines (Luzon) gillae (Schodde, Blackman & Haffenden, 1989)7 iNE Australia [Schodde, 1989 #3517] Antigone rubicunda 8 (Perry, 1810) Brolga vLowland SC New Guinea (Trans-Fly region), N and E Australia
GRUS Brisson, 1760 F - Grus Brisson; type by tautonymy = Ardea grus Linnaeus, 1758 9,10 Grus carunculata (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) Wattled Crane
vEthiopia; SE DR Congo and SW Tanzania to N Botswana, Zimbabwe and C Mozambique, Angola, SE South Africa
Grus paradisea (A.A.H. Lichtenstein, 1793) Blue Crane
vE and S South Africa, Namibia (Etosha Pan)
Grus virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) Demoiselle Crane
SW Russia and E Turkey to N China (Nei Mongol) >> NE Africa and S Asia
Grus japonensis 11 (Statius Muller, 1776) Red-crowned Crane vNE China, Russian Far East, N Japan >> EC China, Korea
Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758) Whooping Crane
vC Canada (SC Northwest Territories, NC Alberta) >> coastal SE Texas
Grus grus Common Crane
grus (Linnaeus, 1758)12 iN, C and E Europe east to Ural Mts. >> S Europe, N Africa lilfordi Sharpe, 189413 iTurkey, lower R. Volga, and Ural Mts to EC Asia >> NE Africa, S Asia, S China Grus monacha Temminck, 1835 Hooded Crane
iS Siberia, N China >> Japan, S Korea, C and E China
Grus nigricollis Przevalski, 1876 Black-necked Crane
vTibetan Plateau, Ladakh and Sikkim >> Bhutan, NE India to SC China