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Antigone canadensis

Antigone canadensis · Family Gruidae

Family Gruidae

Order
Gruiformes
Family
Gruidae
GBIF occurrence records
2,492,522
Countries and territories with records
34
Antigone canadensis
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About this species

This species has 2,492,522 occurrence records from 34 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (88.5%) and Canada (11.2%); together they account for 99.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Antigone canadensis combines the genus name Antigone with the species epithet canadensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Antigone; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Antigone rubicunda, Antigone antigone and Antigone vipio.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 15 species of the family Gruidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Grus grus. Its record count is 6.8 times the family average (368,127). The family Gruidae belongs to the order Gruiformes, which has 150 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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