Bird genealogy >> Order Gruiformes >> Family Gruidae |
Location Western Coast Park, Western Cape Metadata Make Canon EOS 7D IOC Names Deutsch Paradieskranich Dutch Stanley Kraanvogel Comments
Blue Cranes are sedentary and dispersed as breeding pairs in summer but are sociable and nomadic in winter, although they probably remain permanently paired. They normally lay two eggs and rear both successfully.
Tarboton WR (1989): in The Complete Book of Southern African Birds, Ginn PJ, McIlleron WG, Milstein P le S (eds), Struik Publ, Cape Town, South Africa, p 194.
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