Blue Crane
Grus paradisea - Grue de paradis
Systematics
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family:
Gruidés
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Genus:
Grus
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Species:
paradisea
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 120 cm
- Wingspan: 180 à 200 cm.
- Weight: 4900 à 5300 g
Geographic range
Identification
Blue Crane (Grus paradisea) is a species of bird in the Gruidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Grue de paradis,
- Grulla del Paraíso,
- grou-azul,
- Paradieskranich,
- paradicsomdaru,
- Stanleys Kraanvogel,
- Gru del paradiso,
- paradistrana,
- Blåtrane,
- žeriav rajský,
- jeřáb rajský,
- Paradistrane,
- hopeakurki,
- Bloukraanvoël,
- grua del paradís,
- żuraw rajski,
- Райский журавль,
- ハゴロモヅル,
- 蓝蓑羽鹤,
- 藍鶴,
Habitat
Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes