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Brolga
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Brolgas with chicks. Currumbin Sanctuary, Gold Coast, Australia..
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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Brolga
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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BROLGA FACTS |
Description
The Brolga is a large grey crane, with bare red head and grey crown. It has grey legs .(The similar looking Sarus Crane, G. antigone has dull pink legs and the red of its head extending down the neck).
Size
1.0 to 1.3 m high, with a wingspan of 1.7 to 2.4 m
Habitat
swamps, floodplains, farmland, grassland
Food
Brolga are omnivorous and eat a variety of wetland plants, insects, invertebrates, and small vertebrates such as frogs.
Breeding
Brolgas perform complex mating dances. Nest made of grass on small islands in swamps. 2 white spotted eggs.
Range
Brolgas are common in north and north-east Australia, especially north-east Queensland, and as far south as Victoria.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Gruiformes | | Family: | Gruidae | | Genus: | Grus | | Species: | rubicunda | | Common Name: | Brolga |
Relatives in same Genus
Sarus Crane (G. antigone)
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