▁by ▁a ▁population ▁that ▁extends ▁into ▁S out heast ▁Asia ▁( re ferred ▁to ▁as ▁A . ▁a . ▁sh ar pi i ). ▁The ▁sar us ▁c ran es ▁from ▁the ▁Indian ▁sub cont inent ▁are ▁well ▁marked ▁and ▁differenti ated ▁from ▁the ▁south - e astern ▁population ▁by ▁having ▁a ▁white ▁col lar ▁below ▁the ▁bare ▁head ▁and ▁upper ▁neck , ▁and ▁white ▁t ert i ary ▁rem iges . ▁The ▁population ▁in ▁Australia ▁( initial ly ▁placed ▁in ▁A . ▁a . ▁sh ar pi i ▁( s ometimes ▁sp elt ▁sh ar pe i ▁but ▁am ended ▁to ▁conform ▁to ▁the ▁rules ▁of ▁Latin ▁grammar ) ▁was ▁separated ▁and ▁named ▁as ▁the ▁race ▁A . ▁a . ▁g ill iae , ▁sometimes ▁sp elt ▁g illa e ▁or ▁even ▁g illi ), ▁prior ▁to ▁a ▁gen etic ▁analysis . ▁A ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁gen etic ▁analysis ▁suggested ▁that ▁these ▁three ▁populations ▁are ▁represent atives ▁of ▁a ▁formerly ▁continuous ▁population ▁that ▁varied ▁clin ally . ▁The ▁Australian ▁sub species ▁was ▁designated ▁only ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁with ▁the ▁species ▁itself ▁first ▁noticed ▁in ▁Australia ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁and ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁recent ▁imm igr ant . ▁Native ▁Austral ians , ▁however , ▁differenti ated ▁the ▁sar us ▁and ▁the ▁b rol ga ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁sar us ▁" the ▁c rane ▁that ▁di ps ▁its ▁head ▁in ▁blood ". ▁Sar us ▁c ran es ▁of ▁the ▁Australian ▁population ▁are ▁similar ▁to ▁those