Biology:Antigone (genus)
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of birds
| Antigone | |
|---|---|
| |
| Sarus crane, Antigone antigone | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Gruidae |
| Genus: | Antigone Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758
| |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Antigone is a genus of large birds in the crane family. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Grus.
Taxonomy
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus was polyphyletic.[1] In the subsequent rearrangement, four species were placed in the resurrected genus Antigone.[2] The genus had initially been erected in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[3] The type species is the sarus crane (Antigone antigone).[4]
Species
The genus includes four species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) |
Antigone canadensis | Sandhill crane | North America and extreme northeastern Siberia |
 |
Antigone vipio | White-naped crane | Northeastern Mongolia, Northeastern China, and adjacent areas of Southeastern Russia |
.jpg) |
Antigone antigone | Sarus crane | Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia |
 |
Antigone rubicunda | Brolga | South-eastern Australia and New Guinea |
References
- ↑ Krajewski, C.; Sipiorski, J.T.; Anderson, F.E. (2010). "Mitochondrial genome sequences and the phylogeny of cranes (Gruiformes: Gruidae)". Auk 127 (2): 440–452. doi:10.1525/auk.2009.09045. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277486138_Complete_Mitochondrial_Genome_Sequences_and_the_Phylogeny_of_Cranes_Gruiformes_Gruidae.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flufftails/. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853) (in German). Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. p. xxiii. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618653.
- ↑ The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. 2013. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
Wikidata ☰ Q16529427 entry
 |
