Antigone Reichenbach 1853

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

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]

References

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Antigone es un género de aves gruiformes de la familia Gruidae. Todas las especies fueron colocadas anteriormente en el género Grus.

Especies

El género incluye cuatro especies:^[2]​

• Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) – grulla canadiense;
  • A. c. canadensis(Linnaeus, 1758);
  • A. c. tabida (Peters, JL, 1925);
  • A. c. pratensis (Meyer, FAA, 1794);
  • A. c. pulla (Aldrich, 1972);
  • A. c. nesiotes (Bangs & Zappey, 1905);
• Antigone vipio (Pallas, 1811) – grulla cuelliblanca;
• Antigone antigone(Linnaeus, 1758) – grulla sarus;
  • A. a. antigone (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • A. a. sharpii (Blanford, 1895)
  • A. a. gillae (Schodde, Blackman & Haffenden, 1989)
• Antigone rubicunda (Perry, 1810) – grulla brolga.

Referencias

Antigone Reichenbach, 1853 è un genere di uccelli della famiglia Gruidae.^[1]

Tassonomia

Comprende le seguenti specie:^[1]

• Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - gru canadese
• Antigone vipio (Pallas, 1811) - gru nucabianca
• Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) - gru antigone
• Antigone rubicunda (Perry, 1810) - brolga

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