Stanley crane, paradise crane, blue crane (Grus paradisea) Description
English: Blue crane male in Etosha National Park
Date 16 March 2013, 08:59:58
Author Yathin S Krishnappa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yathin_sk
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthropoides_paradiseus_(male,_Etosha).jpg
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. Order: Gruiformes, Family: Gruidae, Species: Grus paradisea (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
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
