. ▁ ▁The ▁sar us ▁c rane ▁was ▁formerly ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁genus ▁Gr us , ▁but ▁a ▁mole cular ▁ph y log en etic ▁study ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁genus , ▁as ▁then ▁defined , ▁was ▁poly phy let ic . ▁In ▁the ▁resulting ▁re arr ang ement ▁to ▁create ▁mon oph y let ic ▁gener a , ▁four ▁species , ▁including ▁the ▁sar us ▁c rane , ▁were ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁res ur rect ed ▁genus ▁Ant ig one ▁that ▁had ▁originally ▁been ▁ere cted ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁natural ist ▁Ludwig ▁Reich en bach ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 3 . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁The ▁common ▁name ▁sar us ▁is ▁from ▁the ▁H indi ▁name ▁( s ā ras ) ▁for ▁the ▁species . ▁The ▁H indi ▁word ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁S ansk rit ▁word ▁sar asa ▁for ▁the ▁" la ke ▁bird ", ▁( s ometimes ▁cor rupted ▁to ▁s ā rh ans ). ▁While ▁Indians ▁held ▁the ▁species ▁in ▁v ener ation , ▁British ▁soldiers ▁in ▁colonial ▁India ▁h unted ▁the ▁bird , ▁calling ▁it ▁the ▁serious ▁or ▁even ▁c yrus . ▁The ▁generic ▁and ▁specific ▁names ▁— after ▁Ant ig one , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁O ed ip us , ▁who ▁h anged ▁herself — may ▁relate ▁to ▁the ▁bare ▁skin ▁of ▁the ▁head ▁and ▁neck . ▁ ▁E col ogy ▁and ▁behaviour ▁▁ ▁Un like ▁many ▁other ▁c ran es ▁that ▁make ▁long ▁migr ations , ▁sar us ▁c