Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
George W. Archibald, Curt D. Meine, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 26, 2017
Text last updated November 26, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bloukraanvoël |
| Bulgarian | Райски жерав |
| Catalan | grua del paradís |
| Czech | jeřáb rajský |
| Danish | Paradistrane |
| Dutch | Stanleykraanvogel |
| English | Blue Crane |
| English (United States) | Blue Crane |
| Finnish | hopeakurki |
| French | Grue de paradis |
| French (France) | Grue de paradis |
| German | Paradieskranich |
| Icelandic | Blátrana |
| Japanese | ハゴロモヅル |
| Norwegian | blåtrane |
| Polish | żuraw rajski |
| Russian | Райский журавль |
| Serbian | Plavi ždral |
| Slovak | žeriav rajský |
| Spanish | Grulla del Paraíso |
| Spanish (Spain) | Grulla del paraíso |
| Swedish | paradistrana |
| Turkish | Gökçe Turna |
| Ukrainian | Журавель блакитний |
| Zulu | indwe |
Anthropoides paradiseus (Lichtenstein, 1793)
PROTONYM:
Ardea paradisea
Lichtenstein, 1793. Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimarum (etc.). Sectio prima, p.28,29 no.283.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Inner South Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANTHROPOIDES
- anthropoides
- paradisea / paradiseus / paradisi
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Blue Crane
