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	 Stanley crane, paradise crane, blue crane (Grus paradisea)
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| Subject: | Stanley crane, paradise crane, blue crane (Grus paradisea) 
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Date: 2013:03:16 08:59:58
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV (Canon)
F number: f/7.1
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 English: Blue crane male in Etosha National Park
 Date	16 March 2013, 08:59:58
 Author	Yathin S Krishnappa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yathin_sk
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthropoides_paradiseus_(male,_Etosha).jpg
 
 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. Order:	Gruiformes, Family:	Gruidae, Species: Grus paradisea (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
 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
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