A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Gruidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-naped CraneAntigone vipio (Pallas, 1811) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum (E. T. Bennett, 1834) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whooping CraneGrus americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wattled CraneGrus carunculata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common CraneGrus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese CraneGrus japonensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hooded CraneGrus monacha Temminck, 1835 | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue CraneGrus paradisea (A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1793) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siberian CraneLeucogeranus leucogeranus (Pallas, 1773) | GruidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.