Grey Crowned Crane

species of bird in the crane family Gruidae
Taxon taxon Q335992
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Summary

Grey Crowned Crane is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,317 views/month, #1,281 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Endangered status[4]
  • Parent taxon: Balearica[5]
  • Taxon name: Balearica regulorum[6]
  • Commons category: Balearica regulorum[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Balearica regulorum[8]
  • Commons gallery: Balearica regulorum[9]
  • Taxon common name: garan coronog y De[10], Grey Crowned Crane[11], Südafrikanischer Kronenkranich[12], Grulla coronada cuelligrís[13], grua coronada collgrisa[14], jeřáb královský[15], lõuna-kroonkurg[16], Gråkrontrane[17], Восточный венценосный журавль[18], ホオジロカンムリヅル[19], Grå Krontrane[20], etelänkruunukurki[21], szürkenyakú koronásdaru[22], koronnik szary[23]
  • Mass: 152 g[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[26]
  • Litter size: 2[27]
  • Diel cycle: diurnality[28]
  • Taxon range: Africa[29]

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Identifiers

Grey Crowned Crane's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53[30]. Grey Crowned Crane's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 925459[31]. Grey Crowned Crane's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510668[32]. Grey Crowned Crane's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5228229[33]. Grey Crowned Crane's ITIS TSN is recorded as 558845[34].

Why It Matters

Grey Crowned Crane has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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