Blue crane

Blue crane
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
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.

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