Cranes (Gruidae)
Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea) - HBW 3, p. 84
French: Grue de paradis
German: Paradieskranich
Spanish: Grulla del Paraíso
Other common names: Stanley/Paradise Crane
Taxonomy: Ardea paradisea Lichtenstein, 1793, inner South Africa.
Genus sometimes merged with Grus, but usually considered sufficiently distinct. “Emendation” of species name to paradiseus is not justified. Monotypic.
Distribution: E & S South Africa; small disjunct population in Etosha Pan region of Namibia.
- Vulnerable
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Two adult birds dancing Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Br... 31 July 2004 3 years ago 23 sec 4.5 -
Several birds performing a dancing display South of Braedasdorp, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 6 October 2004 4 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A group on the ground Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 1998 7 years ago 19 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on the ground South of Braedasdorp, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 6 October 2004 4 years ago 20 sec 3.8 -
Several adult birds feeding on the ground Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Br... 31 July 2004 3 years ago 17 sec 3.6 -
A close-up of the head of two birds. Vogelpark Walsrode, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 1 year ago 35 sec 3.5
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Portrait of a bird. Madrid Zoo, Madrid, Spain (Monotypic species)
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 9 September 2006 1 year ago 3.5 -
A pair of Blue Cranes feeding. Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 15 October 2007 11 weeks ago 3 -
A bird in the ground. Madrid Zoo, Madrid, Spain (Monotypic species)
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 9 September 2006 1 year ago 3 -
Cranes displaying in a field Greyton, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Mike_G 27 September 2007 1 year ago 3
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A pair displaying Darling, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 3 November 2009 37 weeks ago 4.5
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