Biology:Grus (genus)

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Grus
Common crane grus grus.jpg
Common crane (Grus grus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Gruidae
Genus: Grus
Brisson, 1760
Type species
Ardea grus
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Bugeranus
  • Anthropoides

Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.

The genus Grus was erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.[1] The name Grus is the Latin word for "crane".[2] The German ornithologist Peter Simon Pallas was sometimes credited with erecting the genus in 1766[3] but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled in 1956 that Brisson should have priority.[4]

The genus formerly included additional species. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus, as then defined, was polyphyletic.[5] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the sandhill crane, the white-naped crane, the sarus crane and the brolga were moved to the resurrected genus Antigone that had been erected by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853.[6][7] The Siberian crane was moved to the resurrected monotypic genus Leucogeranus.[6]

Species

The genus contains eight species:[6]

Genus Grus – Brisson, 1760 – 8 species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
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Grey-and-black crane with white neck and wattled red face

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(Gmelin, J. F., 1789) 		Southern and eastern Africa
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 


6,000–6,300 {{{direction}}}

Blue crane

Greyish-blue crane with white forehead

G. paradisea[lower-alpha 1]
(Lichtenstein, A. A. H., 1793) 		Southern Africa
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 


17,000–30,000 {{{direction}}}

Demoiselle crane

Grey crane with black neck and red eyes

G. virgo[lower-alpha 2]
(Linnaeus, 1758) 		Asia and northwestern Africa
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


230,000–261,000 {{{direction}}}

Red-crowned crane

Black-and-white crane with red forehead

G. japonensis
(Müller, P. L. S., 1776) 		East Asia and Siberia
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 


2,000–2,650 {{{direction}}}

Whooping crane

White crane with black face and red top of head

G. americana
(Linnaeus, 1758) 		North America
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EN 


50–249 {{{direction}}}

Common crane

Grey crane with black, white, and red head

G. grus
(Linnaeus, 1758) 		Afro-Eurasia
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


491,000–503,000 {{{direction}}}

Hooded crane

Greyish-black crane with white neck and dark face

G. monacha
Temminck, 1835
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 


6,000–15,000 Population increasing [10]

Black-necked crane

White crane with black neck and red forehead

G. nigricollis
Przevalski, 1876 		India and China
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


6,600–6,800 Population stable [11]

The HBW/BirdLife and Clements checklists place the demoiselle crane and blue crane in the genus Anthropoides, and the wattled crane in the monospecific genus Bugeranus, leaving only the red-crowned, whooping, common, hooded, and black-necked cranes in the genus Grus.[12][13][14][15]

The Cuban flightless crane, Grus cubensis, became extinct in the Pleistocene.[16]

Fossil record

The fossil record of the genus stretches back some 12 million years or so. A considerable number of prehistoric species are known, with the oldest, Grus miocaenicus (Middle Miocene of Credinţa, Romania) perhaps not a crane but a junior synonym of the swimming-flamingo Palaelodus ambiguus; ("Grus" problematica certainly is). The Late Pleistocene Mediterranean Grus primigenia was hunted by Stone Age humans.

  • Grus afghana (Late Miocene of Molayan, Afghanistan) - doubtfully distinct from G. penteleci
  • Grus sp. 1 (Late Miocene of Love Bone Bed, USA)
  • Grus sp. 2 (Late Miocene of Love Bone Bed, USA)
  • Grus cf. antigone (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA)
  • Grus nannodes (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene -? Edson Middle Pliocene of Sherman County, USA)
  • Grus sp. (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA)
  • Grus haydeni (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene - Pleistocene? of WC USA) - 2 species, one may be same as G. canadensis
  • Grus penteleci (Late Miocene - Early Pliocene of C and SE Europe) - formerly in Pliogrus
  • Grus sp. (Late Pliocene of Puebla de Valverde, Spain)
  • Grus bogatshevi (Late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan) - doubtfully distinct form G. primigenia
  • Grus latipes (Shore Hills Late Pleistocene of Bermuda, W Atlantic) - formerly Baeopteryx
  • Maltese crane Grus melitensis (Late Pleistocene of Malta) - doubtfully distinct from G. primigenia
  • Grus pagei (Late Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea)
  • Grus primigenia (Late Pleistocene? of SW Europe)
  • Grus cubensis (Pleistocene and Holocene of Cuba)

Several other fossil gruiforms are now considered not to belong here. "Grus" prentici is now in Paragrus, "Grus" princeps, "Grus" excelsa and "Grus" hordwellianus are placed in Palaeogrus, and "Grus" excelsa in Balearica. "Grus" marshi belongs in Aletornis.

More uncertain is the position of Probalearica (variously considered Late Oligocene to Middle Pliocene but probably Late Miocene) from Golboçica (Moldavia) and maybe elsewhere. It is usually regarded a nomen dubium but might belong into Grus. "Grus" conferta (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Contra Costa County, USA) is apparently too different from the modern genus to be placed herein, but its affiliations are not well resolved.

Notes

  1. ↑ The blue crane is placed in the genus Anthropoides by the IUCN and Clements Checklist.[8][9]
  2. ↑ The Demoiselle crane is placed in the genus Anthropoides by the IUCN and Clements Checklist.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760) (in fr, la). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés. 5. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. pp. 374–375. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294736. 
  2. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling. 
  3. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1934). Check-list of Birds of the World. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 150. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14482963. 
  4. ↑ Hemming, Francis, ed (1956). "Direction 55: Insertion in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of an entry relating to the generic name Grus Brisson, 1760 (Class Aves) (correction of an error in the Ruling given in Opinion 103)". Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1 Section D Part D.16. London: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. pp. 319–336. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34613544. 
  5. ↑ Krajewski, C.; Sipiorski, J.T.; Anderson, F.E. (2010). "Mitochondrial genome sequences and the phylogeny of cranes (Gruiformes: Gruidae)". Auk 127 (2): 440–452. doi:10.1525/auk.2009.09045. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277486138. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flufftails/. 
  7. ↑ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853) (in de). Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. p. xxiii. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618653. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7". HBW and BirdLife International. 2022. http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/taxonomy. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ClementsChecklist
  10. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Grus monacha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22692151A93337861. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692151A93337861.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692151/93337861. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  11. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Grus nigricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T22692162A180030167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22692162A180030167.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692162/180030167. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  12. ↑ Archibald, G.W.; Meine, C.D.; Garcia, E.F.J.; Kirwan, G.M. (2017). "Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/node/53552. 
  13. ↑ Archibald, G.W.; Meine, C.D.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2017). "Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/node/53553. 
  14. ↑ Archibald, G.W.; Meine, C.D.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2017). "Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/node/53554. 
  15. ↑ Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Roberson, D.; Fredericks, T.A.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2017). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017". http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/. 
  16. ↑ Olson, Storrs L. (1978). "A paleontological perspective of West Indian birds and mammals". in Gill, Frank. Zoogeography in the Caribbean: The 1975 Leidy Medal Symposium. Special Publication 13. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. pp. 99–117 [106]. ISBN 1422317854. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8455/VZ_85_Paleo_West_Indies.pdf. 

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