BLUE CRANE

THE NATIONAL BIRD

INDEXDESCRIPTIONSIZEENEMIESDIETINTERESTING FACTS

DESCRIPTIONTHE BLUE CRANE IS A PALE BLUE BIRD IN

COLOUR, ALTHOUGH IT CAN APPEAR GREY FROM A DISTANCE.

SIZEA BLUE CRANE IS 5.1 KGIT IS ALSO 4 FT TALL

ENEMIESDOGS AND HUMANS. THEY ALSO GET POISONED BY FARMERS

DIETEVIDENCE SUGGEST THAT THE BLUE CRANE IS PRIMARILY VEGETARIEN AND EATS SMALL BULBS , SEEDS AND ROOTS

INTERESTING FACTSTHE BLUE CRANE IS A TALL GROUND-

DEWLING BIRD THAT GETS ITS NAME FROM ITS BLUE-GRAY FEATHERS.

IT IS A MEMBER OF THE GRUIDAE FAMILY AND ONE OF FIFFTEEN CRANE SPECIES.

BLUE CRANE,STANLEY AND PARADISE CRANE ARE THREE NAMES FOR THE SAME BIRD.

THE XHOSA WORD FOR BLUE CRANE IS INDWE AND THE ZULU WORD IS INDWA.