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  2. Whooping crane - Wikipedia

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    The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, [3] [1] named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species. [3]

  3. Grus (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Grus japonensis: Red-crowned crane: Siberia (eastern Russia), northeastern China, Hokkaidō (northern Japan), the Korean Peninsula, and occasionally in northeastern Mongolia. Grus americana: Whooping crane: North America Grus grus: Common crane: Europe, Asia and northern Africa Grus monacha: Hooded crane: South-central and south-eastern Siberia ...

  4. List of cranes - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Gruiformes - Wikipedia

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    Sunbittern, kagu, and mesites all group within Metaves but all the other lineages of "Gruiformes" group either with a collection of waterbirds or landbirds within Coronaves. This division has been upheld by the combined analysis of as many as 30 independent loci (Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett et al. 2008), but is dependent on the inclusion of ...

  6. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    Of the four crane genera, Balearica (two species) is restricted to Africa, and Leucogeranus (one species) is restricted to Asia; the other two genera, Grus (including Anthropoides and Bugeranus) and Antigone, are both widespread. [5] [1] Many species of cranes are dependent on wetlands and grasslands, and most species nest in shallow wetlands.

  7. List of birds of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...

  8. Grus americana - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 14 December 2021, at 01:51 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. List of birds of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Most have elaborate and noisy courtship displays or "dances". When in a group, they may also "dance" for no particular reason, jumping up and down in an elegant manner, seemingly just for pleasure or to attract a mate. Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis; Whooping crane, Grus americana (e; reintroduction program in progress)