Blue crane

Blue crane
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Gruidae
Genus:	Grus
Species:	G. paradisea
Binomial name
Grus paradisea (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) [originally Ardea]
Blue crane distribution range according to the IUCN.   Extant (resident)   Extant (seasonality uncertain)
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

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.