Brolga
Antigone rubicunda
Family Gruidae
Endangered — NSW: Vulnerable, VIC: Endangered, SA: Vulnerable
About
The brolga, formerly known as the native companion, is a bird in the crane family. It has also been given the name Australian crane, a term coined in 1865 by well-known ornithologist John Gould in his Birds of Australia.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Yuraygir National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 2022) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Yuraygir National Park — Northern Rivers & North Coast NSW hikes