Blue crane

"Stanley crane" redirects here. For the railroad executive, see Stanley Crane.

Blue crane
At Etosha National Park, Namibia
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.