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Antigone canadensis (Sandhill crane)
Taxonomy
Ardea canadensis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Megalornis canadensis by Wetmore (1928); it was recombined as Grus canadensis by Hay (1930), Wetmore and Martin (1930), Wetmore (1931), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Fisher (1952), Wetmore (1956), Parmalee (1958), Emslie (1992) and Broughton (2004); it was recombined as Antigone canadensis by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Megalornis canadensis by Wetmore (1928); it was recombined as Grus canadensis by Hay (1930), Wetmore and Martin (1930), Wetmore (1931), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Fisher (1952), Wetmore (1956), Parmalee (1958), Emslie (1992) and Broughton (2004); it was recombined as Antigone canadensis by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subspecies
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Ardea canadensis Linnaeus |
1928 | Megalornis canadensis Wetmore p. 3 |
1930 | Grus canadensis Hay p. 332 |
1930 | Grus canadensis Wetmore and Martin p. 63 |
1931 | Grus canadensis Wetmore p. 36 |
1935 | Grus canadensis Schultz and Howard p. 277 |
1940 | Grus canadensis Wetmore p. 50 |
1942 | Grus canadensis Miller and DeMay p. 109 |
1952 | Grus canadensis Fisher p. 205 |
1956 | Grus canadensis Wetmore p. 60 |
1958 | Grus canadensis Parmalee p. 172 |
1992 | Grus canadensis Emslie p. 263 |
2004 | Grus canadensis Broughton p. 25 |
2014 | Antigone canadensis del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Antigone canadensis Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [Sandhill crane]
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Antigone canadensis pratensis Meyer 1794 [sandhill crane]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available