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title: "Blue Crane"
description: "Grus paradiseus — Ptaki. The blue crane (Grus paradisea), also known as the Stanley crane and the paradise crane, is the national bird of South Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/blue-crane
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Crane

> Grus paradiseus — Ptaki. The blue crane (Grus paradisea), also known as the Stanley crane and the paradise crane, is the national bird of South Africa.

- Scientific name: *Grus paradiseus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 3920
- iNaturalist taxon: [47](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47)

## Names

- en: Blue Crane
- de: Paradieskranich
- es: Grulla azul
- fr: Grue de paradis

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (3424), NA (142)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_crane

## Photo

![Blue Crane](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-crane/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Warren · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111400145

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-crane?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).