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Grus paradisea
Blue Cranes are birds of the dry, grassy uplands which feed on seeds and insects and spend little time in wetlands. They are altitudinal migrants, generally nesting in the upper grasslands and moving down to lower altitudes for winter. Many occupy agricultural areas.
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The Grus paradisea is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Range & population Grus paradisea is near-endemic to South Africa, with small breeding populations also in northern Namibia (c.70 birds at Etosha, isolated but stable9 after rapidly declining in 1980s-1990s) and western Swaziland (c.12 birds)4, and it is occasionally seen in Lesotho11. More
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Appendix II (as Grus paradisea) Included in AEWA Photo Copyright by Vladimír Motyčka Distribution Distribution Range Southern Africa Habitat Short, dry, natural grasslands, pastures, cropland and fallow fields, only occasionally using wetlands Wild population Approx. More
Family : Gruidae
Genus : Grus
Species : paradisea
Authority : (Lichtenstein, 1793)