Blue Crane
Grus paradisea(Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
English (US) Blue Crane
The Blue Crane (Grus paradisea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Gruidae (Cranes) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: locally in northern Namibia, southern Zimbabwe and South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Grus paradisea
- Family
- Gruidae (Cranes)
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Blue Crane
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ardea paradisea
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
- Type locality
- Inner South Africa.
- Original description
- Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimarum (etc.). Sectio prima p.28,29 no.283
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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