Location
Western Coast Park, Western Cape
South Africa
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/800 s, f/10, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Gruiformes Family Gruidae
Deutsch Paradieskranich Dutch Stanley Kraanvogel
Italian Gru del paradiso Spanish Grulla del Paraíso
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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Blue Crane |
Micheline JACQUEMIN
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