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Blue Crane {Anthropooedes paradisea}
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Blue Cranes(Anthropoides paradisea)
Brolga Cranes(Grus rubicunda)
Crowned Cranes: Red-crowned Crane ... Black Crowned Crane ... Grey Crowned Cranes ...

The "Blue Crane" (by which name this species is generally known in the United States) is met with in every part of the Union.

Crane, Blue Crane, Egret, White Heron, Long Tom.
DESCRIPTION. A large (46" long with a 72" wingspan) lean, slate-gray colored heron with a white head and black stripe extending above the eye; a white foreneck streaked with black; ...

Blue crane (Grus paradisea)
Sarus crane (Grus antigone)
Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
Hooded crane (Grus monacha)
Wattled crane (Grus carunculatus)
Common crane (Grus grus) ...

A first for the Zoo, Stanley cranes (also known as blue cranes) produced a fertile egg. What makes this so exciting for us is that it's the first time our staff used artificial insemination for these birds. The chick hatched on June 5.

Genus Anthropoides (demoiselle and blue cranes)
Genus Balearica (crowned cranes)
Genus Bugeranus (wattled crane) ...

Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus
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Blue Crane - South Africa's National Bird
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See also: Crane, Heron, Snake, Flycatcher, Falcon