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Creature Awaits #239
Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry. Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )
We're back after a two-week hiatus for Christmas and New Year's! Hope you all had a beautiful Holiday!! Happy New Year!!
(Elegant photography by Bernard Dupont (CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed))
The Blue Crane
A.K.A: The Stanley Crane, The Paradise Crane
Scientific Name: Grus paradisea
Region: Primarily South Africa, with a smaller population in Namibia
Size: About 3'3"-3'11" (~100cm-120cm) tall, with a 5'11"-6'7" (~180cm-200cm) wingspan
Interesting Notes: This elegant bird - the national bird of South Africa - holds an important place culturally amongst both the Xhosa and Zulu. The bird's picturesque plumes are worn in the hair and headdresses of both peoples. The Xhosa decorate those considered "Men of Trouble" with these feathers to signify them being tasked with keeping peace among their people, while the Zulu use them to honor noble warriors and kings.
#creatureawaits#beautiful animals#beautiful birds#elegant animals#interesting animals#blue crane#blue animals#stanley crane#paradise crane#Grus paradisea
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[1371/10977] Blue Crane - Grus paradisea
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Gruidae (cranes)
Photo credit: Marco Valentini via Macaulay Library
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omfg how did we not realise until today that these fucking things
are literally called cranes because they resemble these fucking things
this is a blue crane btw (Anthropoides paradiseus) which we've never seen before, and now we're about to go down a rabbit hole to try to find out which deranged naturalist named them "paradise humanoid"
hmm apparently they've been through a whole stack of different latin names since 1793
Anthropoides paradiseus (1793)
Ardea paradisea (1793)
Tetrapteryx capensis (1818)
Anthropoides stanleyanus [no really] (1826)
Scops paradisea Gray (1840)
Geranus paradisea (1854)
Grus caffra (1868)
Anthropoides paradiseus [again?!] (1993)
and apparently now they're Grus paradisea
feels like there was some kind or ornithological warfare going on here and we'd love to know the deep story
oh yes and the dude who gave them that first ludicrous name was Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein (1753-1816), a german zoologist - but we have no clue about the latin name
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Blue Crane, Grus paradisea (1777-1786) - Robert Jacob Gordon
#Wonder Rooms#Cabinet of Curiosities#Public Domain#Robert Jacob Gordon#18th Century#Scientific Illustration#Zoology#Animalia#Aves#Natural History#Ornithology#Crane#Grus paradisea
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Grus paradisea by Brendon White
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Blue crane (Grus paradisea)
Photo by Jon Atkinson
#blue crane#stanley crane#paradise crane#crane#grus paradisea#grus#gruinae#gruidae#gruoidea#grui#gruiformes#gruimorphae#gruae#passerea#neoaves#neognathae#aves#therapoda#archosauria#sauropsida#reptilia#tetrapoda#vertebrata#chordata
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Crane Blue by Michael Heyns
Blue Crane (Grus paradisea)
#blue crane#crane#Grus paradisea#Grus#bird#baby bird#wading birds#Stanley crane#paradise crane#Anthropoides paradiseus
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大好きなハゴロモヅルなんですが、証明写真風ショットは撮っていなかったので、この日は絶対に撮ろうと意気込んでいました。
いったときはごはん時だったらしく、餌箱に顔を突っ込みっぱなしで、食べ終わるの待っていたら、なんと休むことなく32分間食べ続けました。
これからごはんをゆっくり食べることをハゴロモヅると言おうかな。
@浜松市動物園
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We are the birds
tuppence
two-pence, twopence
the sum of two pence, especially before decimalization (1971) “a trivial sum; anything at all.“he didn’t care twopence for her”
1. China - Red-crowned Crane Grusjaponensis
2. India - Peacock Pavo cristatus
3. Iraq - Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
4. Israel - Hoopoe Upupa epops
5. Nepal - Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
6. Malaysia - Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
7. Pakistan - Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
8. Singapore - Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
9. Japan - Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
10. Philippines - Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi
11. Armenia - Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
12. Belgium - Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
13. Croatia - Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
14. Finland - Whooper Swan Cygnus Cygnus
15. France - Gallic Rooster Gallus gallus
16. Germany - White Stork Ciconia ciconia
17. Greece - Little Owl Athene noctua
18. Iceland - Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
19. Ireland - Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
20. Norway - Dipper Cinclus cinclus
21. Poland - White-tailed Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
22. Scotland - Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
23. New Zealand - Kiwi Apteryx
24. Australia - Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
25. Korea - Magpie picave
26. Afghanistan - Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos
27. Egypt - steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
28. Canada - gray jay Perisoreus canadensis
29. Thailand - Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi
30. Sweden - Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
31. United Kingdom - European Robin Erithacus rubecula
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33. Kenya Lilac - breasted Roller Coracias caudate
34. South Africa - Blue Crane Anthropoides paradise
35. Zimbabwe - African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
36. Mexico - Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
37. The United States of America - Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
38. Costa Rica - Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
39. Brazil - Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
40. Colombia - Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
41. Indonesia - Javan hawk-eagle Nisaetus bartelsi
42. Africa - Grus paradisea Anthropoides paradiseus
43. Samoa - The tooth-billed pigeon Didunculus strigirostris
44. Papua new guinea - Raggiana bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
45. Argentina - Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus
46. Russia - Eagle Aquila
47. Spain - imperial eagle Aquila heliaca
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Blue Crane (by Johan Botha)
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