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blue crane

Anthropoides paradiseus

The blue crane is a tall and graceful bird with beautiful blue-gray feathers. It dances to impress its friends and can be found in open grasslands and wetlands.

Lebensraum: Grasslands and wetlands

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The blue crane is a tall bird with a stately grey-blue body, a large head, and a long neck. It has elegant, trailing black primary feathers that sweep the ground, and a pinkish bill with grey-pink legs, giving it a distinctive dignified appearance.

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Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Blue cranes spend almost all their time walking on the ground, even for sleeping!

Blue cranes swallow tiny stones called gastroliths to help them digest tough seeds!

The males and females look so alike that telling them apart is very tricky!

Their loud, trumpeting calls can be heard up to a mile away across the plains!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Dance Master

Blue cranes can perform intricate, high-jumping courtship dances that help them attract a mate and strengthen their pair bond.

Fähigkeit

Sound Amplifier

Blue cranes have a long, coiled windpipe that acts like a natural amplifier, helping them produce loud, far-carrying calls.

Fähigkeit

Stealth Camouflage

The blue crane's grey-blue plumage helps it blend seamlessly into the open grasslands and fields where it hunts for food.

Maße und Details

Länge
100-120 cm
Flügelspannweite
180-200 cm
Gewicht
3.6-6.2 kg
Lebenserwartung
20-25 Jahre
Top Speed
70 km/h
Gelegegröße
1-3
Brutzeit
30-33 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds are omnivores, eating a mix of seeds, grains, insects, and small vertebrates.

Hauptnahrung

  • grasshoppers
  • locusts
  • wheat
  • maize
  • seeds
  • snails

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Black-backed Jackal

Canis mesomelas

predator of blue crane eggs and chicks

eats

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

feeds on this common grassland insect

eats

Common Wheat

Triticum aestivum

consumes fallen grains in farmlands

eaten by

Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

can prey on juvenile blue cranes

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von blue crane?

100-120 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von blue crane?

180-200 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von blue crane?

3.6-6.2 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von blue crane?

20-25 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von blue crane?

70 km/h

Was frisst blue crane?

These birds are omnivores, eating a mix of seeds, grains, insects, and small vertebrates.

Wo findet man blue crane normalerweise?

Grasslands and wetlands

Wie jagt blue crane?

Foraging

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