Antigone (genus)
Antigone is a genus of large birds in the crane family. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Grus.
| Antigone | |
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| Sarus crane, Antigone antigone | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Gruidae |
| Genus: | Antigone Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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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 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.webp) | 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.webp) | Antigone antigone | Sarus crane | Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia |
 | Antigone rubicunda | Brolga | South-eastern Australia and New Guinea |
References
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- 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.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. p. xxiii.
- Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V., Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
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