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;[[:Category:Grus|Grus]] rubicunda | ;[[:Category:Grus|Grus]] rubicunda | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 70-130cm. Grey upper and lowerparts, featherless red head, grey crown, broad red band around back of head, bone bill, black chin wattle, grey legs. Juvenile lacks red band. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
N and e [[Australia]] and Trans-Fly of s [[New Guinea]] | N and e [[Australia]] and Trans-Fly of s [[New Guinea]] | ||
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A monotypic species. | A monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Wetlands. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | The diet includes wetland plants, insects, invertebrates, small vertebrates such as frogs. | |
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| + | Both sexes build a raised mound of sticks, grass and plant material, in shallow water on an island. 2 dull white, reddish brown splotched eggs are laid and incubated by both parents for about 30 days. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Grus+rubicunda}} | {{GSearch|Grus+rubicunda}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=31&bid=394 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=31&bid=394 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Grus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Grus]] | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 12 December 2008
- Grus rubicunda
Identification
70-130cm. Grey upper and lowerparts, featherless red head, grey crown, broad red band around back of head, bone bill, black chin wattle, grey legs. Juvenile lacks red band.
Distribution
N and e Australia and Trans-Fly of s New Guinea
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Wetlands.
Behaviour
The diet includes wetland plants, insects, invertebrates, small vertebrates such as frogs.
Both sexes build a raised mound of sticks, grass and plant material, in shallow water on an island. 2 dull white, reddish brown splotched eggs are laid and incubated by both parents for about 30 days.
