{{Wiktionary|crowned crane}}
A '''crowned crane''' is a bird of the genus ''Balearica'': * Black crowned crane (''Balearica pavonina'') * Grey crowned crane (''Balearica regulorum'')
Some authorities use the term "crowned crane" to refer generally to the genus ''Balearica''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Cranes|url=https://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/cranes/evol.htm|publisher=Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (USGS)|accessdate=19 March 2014}}"The crane family (Gruidae) is divided into two subfamilies, the Crowned Cranes (Balearicinae) and the Typical Cranes (Gruinae)."</ref> Likewise, the International Ornithological Committee, who standardize common ''species'' names, have also used the group name "crowned crane" in the common names of the extant species of the genus ''Balearica''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-bustards.html |title=IOC World Bird List (version 4.1): Bustards, rails & allies |publisher=International Ornithological Committee |accessdate=21 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522070148/http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-bustards.html |archivedate=22 May 2011 }}</ref>
==See also == * Red-crowned crane or Japanese crane (''Grus japonensis'')
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