Blue, Paradise or Stanley Crane (Anthropoides paradisea). Broken wing distraction display. Attempt to lead a away a predator.

---

Blue, Paradise or Stanley Crane (Anthropoides paradisea). Broken wing distraction display. Attempt to lead a perceived predator away from nest site.

---

Size: 5616px × 3744px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: act, acting, adult, africa, african, anthropoides, area, aves, behavior, behaviour, bend, bending, bird, birds, blue, broken, crane, cranes, crouch, crouching, display, displaying, distraction, head, horizontal, landscape, lowering, lure, national, neck, nest, nesting, orientation, paradise, paradisea, perform, performing, pose, pretence, pretend, pretending, profile, prone, side, simulate, simulation, site, south, southern, stage, stance, stanley, stoop, stooping, threat, wild, wildlife, wing, wings