Papers in the Biological Sciences
Title
Cranes of the World: Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradises)
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
January 1983
Abstract
Other Vernacular Names:
Stanley crane; Bloukraan
(Afrikaan); Grue bleue (French); Paradieskranich
(German); Hagoromo zuru (Japanese); Chetyrekhkrydy
zhuravl (Russian); Grulla azul (Spanish);
Groote Sprinkhaan-vogel (Boers, Transvaal).
Range:
Resident in the upland interior of South
Africa and possibly adjacent Mozambique north
almost to the Zambezi, and with a small isolated
population near the Etosha Pan of Namibia (South-
West Africa).
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From Cranes of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1983; electronic edition: Lincoln, NE, 2008). Copyright © 1983 Paul A. Johnsgard.