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| | [[Image:Brolga.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|bigbadja|bigbadja}}<br />Karumba, north-western [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]]] | | [[Image:Brolga.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|bigbadja|bigbadja}}<br />Karumba, north-western [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Grus|Grus]] rubicunda | | ;[[:Category:Grus|Grus]] rubicunda |
| | + | ''Grus rubicundus'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 70-130cm | | 70-130cm |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | [[Image:18565Brolga.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|RMD|RMD}}<br />Nhulunbuy, [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]], May 2005]] | | [[Image:18565Brolga.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|RMD|RMD}}<br />Nhulunbuy, [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]], May 2005]] |
| - | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Birds in Backyards | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Birds in Backyards |
| | #BF Member observations | | #BF Member observations |
| | {{ref}} | | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Grus+rubicunda}} | + | {{GSearch|Grus+rubicund}} |
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| | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Grus]] | | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Grus]] |
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- Grus rubicunda
Grus rubicundus
[edit] Identification
70-130cm
- Grey upper and underparts
- Featherless red head
- Grey crown
- Broad red band around back of head
- Bone bill
- Black chin wattle
- Grey legs
Juvenile lacks red band
[edit] Distribution
Northern and eastern Australia and Trans-Fly of southern New Guinea
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
[edit] Habitat
Marshlands, lagoons, floodplains, grassland and dry bushland.
[edit] Behaviour
The diet includes wetland plants, insects, invertebrates and small vertebrates such as frogs.
[edit] Breeding
Both sexes build a raised mound of sticks, grass and plant material, in shallow water on an island. The 2 dull white eggs have reddish brown splotches and are incubated by both parents for about 30 days.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Birds in Backyards
- BF Member observations
[edit] External Links
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