Grus antigone

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin grus (“crane”) + Latin Antigonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀντιγόνη (Antigónē, “daughter of Oedipus in Greek legend”)

Proper noun

Grus antigone f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Gruidae – the sarus crane, now .
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

References

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