Blue Crane, Stanley Crane or Paradise Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus), Western Cape South Africa. IUCN Vulnerable species. Threats include habitat los

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Blue Crane, Stanley Crane or Paradise Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus), Western Cape South Africa. IUCN Vulnerable species. Threats include habitat loss by human population growth, degradation through afforestation with alien pine and gum trees. Predation of eggs by dogs, collisions with transmission lines, urbanisation and crop farming. Poisoning by farmers, in response to the Blue Crane’s propensity for foraging in agricultural fields

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Location: western cape, south africa
Photo credit: © MLC Biodiversity / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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