Grus

From Latin grūs (“crane”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Gruidae – cranes.

• Several species, noted below, are now often included in the resurrected genus Antigone by some references.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Gruiformes - order; Gruidae - family; Gruinae - subfamily

• (genus): Grus grus (common crane, Eurasian crane) - type species; Grus americana (whooping crane), Grus carunculata (wattled crane), Grus japonensis (red-crowned crane), Grus leucogeranus (Siberian crane), Grus monacha (hooded crane), Grus nigricollis (black-necked crane), Grus paradisea (blue crane), Grus virgo (demoiselle crane); †Grus primigenia - other species
  • Grus antigone (sarus crane), Grus canadensis (sandhill crane), Grus rubicunda (Australian crane), Grus vipio (white-naped crane) - species transferred to genus Antigone

• Grus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Grus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Grus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin grūs (“a crane (bird)”), originally from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Grus

1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crane. It contains the star Alnair and lies south of the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

• Gruis

• Grus (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• rugs

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1. (astronomy) Grus (spring constellation of the southern sky)