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The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in South Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarpus forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and ...
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus was polyphyletic. [4] In the subsequent rearrangement, four species were placed in the resurrected genus Antigone. [2] The genus had initially been erected in 1853 by German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. [5] The type species is the sarus crane (Antigone antigone). [6]
Tràm Chim National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Tràm Chim) is a national park in the Plain of Reeds in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.The park was created to restore a degraded wetland, in order to protect several rare birds, especially the sarus crane (Grus antigone sharpii)--a species listed on the IUCN Red List.
The sarus crane, Grus antigone is an all-year resident breeding bird in northern Pakistan and India (especially Central India and the Gangetic plains), Nepal, Southeast Asia and Queensland, Australia. It is a very large crane, averaging 156 cm (5 ft) in length, which is found in freshwater marshes and plains. [7]
Grus is sometimes further divided into three distinct genera, with the wattled crane being split out as Bugeranus and the blue and demoiselle cranes being split out as Anthropoides. [11] Subfamily Balearicinae. Genus Balearica: two species; Subfamily Gruinae. Genus Leucogeranus: one species; Genus Antigone: four species; Genus Grus: eight species
The Late Pleistocene Mediterranean Grus primigenia was hunted by Stone Age humans. Grus afghana (Late Miocene of Molayan, Afghanistan) - doubtfully distinct from G. penteleci; Grus sp. 1 (Late Miocene of Love Bone Bed, USA) Grus sp. 2 (Late Miocene of Love Bone Bed, USA) Grus cf. antigone (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA)
The sanctuary covers an area of 10,250 hectares and is found at 13° 52' 7"N, 103° 18' 4"E. [3] The reserve was set aside to protect the rare eastern sarus crane (Grus antigone sharpii). Prior to the discovery of the crane at Trapaing Thmor, there were thought to be fewer than 1,000 of the birds left alive in the world. [4]
Cranes are a type of large bird with long legs and necks in the biological family Gruidae of the order Gruiformes.The family has 15 species placed in four genera which are Antigone, Balearica, Leucogeranus, and Grus. [1]