Papers in the Biological Sciences
Title
Cranes of the World: Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
January 1983
Abstract
Other Vernacular Names:
Sharpe's crane; Khur-sang,
Korchan (Assam); Grue antigone tropicale, Grue
á collier (French); Sarus-kranich, Halsbandkranich
(German); Saras, Sirhans (Hindi); O-O
zuru (Japanese); Belyi zhuravl (Russian); Grulla
blanco cue110 (Spanish).
Range:
Resident in northern India, east to Burma, on
the Malay Peninsula, and in Indo-Chinese countries,
and in northern Australia. Probably extirpated
from the Philippine Islands, and perhaps also
from Burma, Thailand, and Malaysia.
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From Cranes of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1983; electronic edition: Lincoln, NE, 2008). Copyright © 1983 Paul A. Johnsgard.