Grus rubicunda
The Brolga is a tall, grey slow-moving bird with dark red skin on the head and a sharp beak. It lives in shallow swamps and grasslands and uses its beak to dig out tubers and roots.
In the spring and summer it builds a mound of grass in which to lay its two large white eggs. When the Brolga displays with its mate or other Brolgas, it often spreads its wings and leaps gracefully into the air as though it is dancing.
 Listen to the Brolga
Call © Andree Griffin & R.J. Swaby
Text by Stephen Garnett
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