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 A taxonomic species within the family Gruidae – sarus crane, now Antigone antigone. 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 Category:Grus antigone on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN