Species of large bird from southern Africa also known as Stanley crane and paradise crane
"Stanley crane" redirects here. For the railroad executive, see Stanley Crane.
Blue crane
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Gruidae
Genus:
Grus
Species:
G. paradisea
Binomial name
Grus paradisea
(Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) [originally Ardea]
Blue crane distribution range according to the IUCN.
Extant (resident)
Extant (seasonality uncertain)
Synonyms
Anthropoides paradiseus (Lichtenstein, 1793)
Ardea paradisea Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793
Tetrapteryx capensis Thunberg, 1818
Anthropoides stanleyanus Vigors, 1826
Scops paradisea Gray, GR, 1840
Geranus paradisea Bonaparte, 1854
Grus caffra Fritsch, 1868
Anthropoides paradisea Dowsett and Forbes-Watson, 1993
The blue crane (Grus paradisea), also known as the Stanley crane and the paradise crane, is the national bird of South Africa. The species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
^BirdLife International (2021). "Anthropoides paradiseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22692109A177514877. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22692109A177514877.en. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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