Brolga

Antigone rubicunda - Grue brolga

Grue brolga
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Gruidés

  • Genus
    :

    Antigone

  • Species
    :

    rubicunda

Descriptor

Perry, 1810

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 160 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 200 à 230 cm.
  • Weight
    : 3628 à 7255 g
Longevity

33 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grue brolga
adult
Grue brolga
adult

Brolga (Antigone rubicunda) is a species of bird in the Gruidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Grue brolga,
  • Grulla brolga,
  • grou-australiano,
  • Brolgakranich,
  • Brolga-daru,
  • Brolgakraanvogel,
  • Brolga,
  • brolgatrana,
  • Brolgatrane,
  • žeriav brolga,
  • jeřáb australský,
  • Brolgatrane,
  • australiankurki,
  • grua australiana,
  • żuraw australijski,
  • Австралийский журавль,
  • Jenjang brolga,
  • オーストラリアヅル,
  • 澳洲鹤,
  • 澳洲鶴,

Voice song and cries

Grue brolga
adult

Habitat

Grue brolga
adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 01-03-2016
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