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Grus americana (Whooping crane)
Taxonomy
Ardea americana was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.
It was recombined as Grus americanus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Grus americana by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Campbell (1995), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Grus americanus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Grus americana by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Campbell (1995), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Ardea americana Linnaeus |
| 1930 | Grus americanus Hay p. 331 |
| 1931 | Grus americana Wetmore p. 35 |
| 1940 | Grus americana Wetmore p. 50 |
| 1942 | Grus americana Miller and DeMay p. 109 |
| 1956 | Grus americana Wetmore p. 60 |
| 1962 | Grus americana Wetmore p. 9 |
| 1995 | Grus americana Campbell Jr. p. 2 |
| 2001 | Grus americana Olson and Rasmussen p. 290 |
| 2014 | Grus americana del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Grus americana Clements et al. |
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Grus americana Linnaeus 1758 [Whooping crane]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available