Blue/Stanley Crane Anthropoides paradiseus

Stanley Crane
Blue Crane
The BLUE CRANE, also called STANLEY or PARADISE CRANE, is not a "Grus" species. A small crane, it lives on the grasslands of southern Africa.
Stanley Crane
Stanley Crane
Blue Crane
It typically stands some 3.5 feet tall (1.1 metres).
Stanley Crane head
Stanley Crane head
Blue Crane head
The bulbous head.
Stanley Crane chick
Blue Crane chick
Blue Crane
Crane chicks (parents had two).