Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Krilla |
| Arabic | كركي شائع |
| Armenian | Մոխրագույն կռունկ |
| Asturian | Grña comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Boz durna |
| Basque | Kurrilo arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Сив жерав |
| Catalan | grua europea |
| Chinese | 灰鶴 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 灰鶴 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 灰鹤 |
| Croatian | ždral |
| Czech | jeřáb popelavý |
| Danish | Trane |
| Dutch | Kraanvogel |
| English | Common Crane |
| English (United States) | Common Crane |
| Faroese | Grátrani |
| Finnish | kurki |
| French | Grue cendrée |
| French (France) | Grue cendrée |
| Galician | Grou común |
| German | Kranich |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Γερανός |
| Gujarati | કુંજ |
| Hebrew | עגור אפור |
| Hungarian | Daru |
| Icelandic | Grátrana |
| Italian | Gru |
| Japanese | クロヅル |
| Korean | 검은목두루미 |
| Latvian | Dzērve |
| Lithuanian | Pilkoji gervė |
| Mongolian | Хархираа тогоруу |
| Norwegian | trane |
| Persian | درنای معمولی |
| Polish | żuraw |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Grou-comum |
| Romanian | Cocor |
| Russian | Серый журавль |
| Serbian | Ždral |
| Slovak | žeriav popolavý |
| Slovenian | Žerjav |
| Spanish | Grulla Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Grulla común |
| Swedish | trana |
| Thai | นกกระเรียนพันธุ์ยุโรป |
| Turkish | Turna |
| Ukrainian | Журавель сірий |
Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Grus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.141.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, Africa; restricted type locality, Sweden, ex Fn. Suec.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GRUS
- grus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Common Crane Grus grus Scientific name definitions
George W. Archibald, Curt D. Meine, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 3, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 3, 2017
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