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Blue Crane

Anthropoides paradiseus

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Field Notes

Description:

A tall typical crane with a large head and slender neck with elongated tertials.

Habitat:

Lagoons, graaslands and agricultural lands. Also Karoo scrub in South Africa.

Notes:

The national bird of South Africa.

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Comments (1)
Zlatan Celebic
Hi Linkie, this was a lovely spotting. I took some liberty and included it in two African wildlife missions. Hope you will not mind my intervention.

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Wildlife of Southern Africa
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PublishedJune 16, 2013

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