Cranes  -  Family:  Gruidae

Photo by Diana Davey

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            Brolga  -  Antigone rubicunda
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C 2583 - E.Beringen

D 063 - D.Davey

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D 062 - D.Davey

C 2585 - E.Beringen

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C 2578 - E.Beringen

C 2579 - E.Beringen

C 2582 - E.Beringen

C 2581 - E.Beringen

C 2584 - E.Beringen

C 2580 - E.Beringen

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​Taxonomy:
 
Phylum:   Chordata    (Chordates)
          > Subphylum:   Vertebrata    (Vertebrates)    
                    > Class:   Aves    (Birds)
                              > Order:   Gruiformes    (Cranes,  Rails  and  Allies)  
                                          > Family:   Gruidae    (Cranes)  
                                                    > Genus:   Antigone   
                                                              > Species:   A. rubicunda  -  Brolga
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References  and  links: 
​​      Cayley, Neville W., What Bird is that?, (2011, Signature Edition), Australia’s Heritage Publishing Pty. Ltd., Sydney.
      Menkhorst, P. et al, (2017), The Australian Bird Guide, CSIRO Publishing, Clayton, Victoria.
      Pizzey, G. & Knight, F.(Illust.), (2012), The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, (9th Ed. Edited by S. Pizzey), Harper Collins Publishers, Sydney.
      Pringle, John D., (1987), The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife: The Waterbirds of Australia, Angus & Robertson Publishers, North Ryde, N.S.W.

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Photographic  Contributions:
Beringen, Erik.                                C 2578 - C 2579 - C 2580 - C 2581 - C 2582 - C 2583 - C 2584 - C 2585.
Davey,  Diana.                                 D 062  -  D 063.
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