Cranes (Gruidae)
Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) - HBW 3, p. 87
French: Grue antigone
German: Saruskranich
Spanish: Grulla Sarus
Other common names: Sharpe’s Crane (sharpii)
Taxonomy: Ardea Antigone Linnaeus, 1758, India.
Recently described race gilliae sometimes still included within sharpii. Possible race luzonica, endemic to Philippines, now presumed extinct; possibly synonymous with gilliae or sharpii, or both. Three extant subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) - N India, Nepal and (formerly?) Bangladesh.
- sharpii Blanford, 1895 - Cambodia and S Laos; winters in Vietnam; status in E India and Myanmar uncertain.
- gilliae Schodde, 1988 - N Australia, mainly in Queensland only scattered populations elsewhere.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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Two individuals feeding. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp antigone)
Josep del Hoyo 15 January 2001 11 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
A pair starting courtship display and dancing besides a pair of Siberian Cranes. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp antigone)
Josep del Hoyo 15 January 2001 10 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
Two distant adult birds and, then, a juvenile Locality India (ssp antigone)
Rigdon Currie 28 February 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of the head of an adult Locality National Zoo, Washington DC, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 25 June 2005 6 years ago 17 sec 4.5 -
Two individuals preening. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp antigone)
Josep del Hoyo 15 January 2001 11 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A family group preening and then taking off whit other birds. Locality Ang Trapeang Thmor, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia (ssp sharpii)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2011 2 years ago 44 sec 4.3
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Resting
Locality Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana District, Gujarat, India
Jeel Bharat Patel 19 May 2013 2 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 5 -
Ready for takeoff.
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp antigone)
solomon sampath kumar 11 November 2012 19 weeks ago 4.6 -
sarus at Adesar-Santalpur road.
Locality Adesar, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp antigone)
Nirav Parekh 4 March 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Two birds calling.
Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp antigone)
ansar Khan 26 April 2009 4 years ago 4.5 -
An adult calling and displaying.
Locality Hodal, Faridabad District, Haryana, India (ssp antigone)
J.M. Garg 20 March 2007 3 years ago 4.4 -
Standing in an open field. Portrait
Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp antigone)
Lee Hunter 6 December 2011 9 weeks ago 4.3
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Typical flight calls Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 1983 3 years ago 4.8 -
Alarm call, Unison call by pair and flight call Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp antigone)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 1983 3 years ago 4.5 -
Unison calls by a pair Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp antigone)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 1983 3 years ago 4 -
Flight calls of a family Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp antigone)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 1983 3 years ago 4 -
Unison call by pair Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp antigone)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2003 3 years ago 4 -
Flight calls Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp antigone)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2003 3 years ago 4
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