Antigone (bird)

Antigone
Sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Gruidae
Genus: Antigone
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Grus torquata[1] = Ardea antigone
Vieillot, 1817
Species

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Antigone is a genus of large birds in the crane family.[2] The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Grus.

  1. ^ "Gruidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ 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.