- Antigone rubicunda
Grus rubicunda
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
Distribution
Northern and eastern Australia and Trans-Fly of southern New Guinea
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Also placed in the genus Grus.
Habitat
Marshlands, lagoons, floodplains, grassland and dry bushland.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes wetland plants, insects, invertebrates and small vertebrates such as frogs.
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.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brolga. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brolga
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