Blue, Paradise or Stanley Crane (Anthropoides paradisea). Adult female brooding 8 days old chicks; one chick with head showing.

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Blue, Paradise or Stanley Crane (Anthropoides paradisea). Adult female brooding 8 days old chicks; one chick with head appearing through parent's folded wings. Parent taking defensive posture against a perceived threat from a flyinging corvid- out of picture.

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

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