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BirdsOnBarron, Mareeba, FN Qld IMG_0409 20180405 - CLICK for another there.

Notes: Tallest, flightless w. vestigal wings. Head & neck black feathers w. blue & white
skin beneath. Black patch around ear opening. Juvenile smaller, head/neck dusky black
w. dark grey skin. Chick striped brown & cream, incubated & raised by male alone.
Highly mobile, tracking seasonal rains. Forages for a variety of plants & insects.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©

20km N of Marree, NE SA IMG_0620 20241004 - CLICK at Bladensburg NP, N Qld 20240916.

Hutchinson Monument, S Cooper Pedy, EC SA IMG_1287 20241010 - CLICK for another pic.

Bundeena Rd, Thargomindah, SW Qld IMG_7468 20180624

S of Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_9295 20240930 - CLICK another male & chicks at Wooleen Stn, Murchison, W WA 20181006.

Aramac-Torrens Ck Rd, C Qld IMG_9726 20161009 - pre-juvenile

various IMG_abcd various

Wooleen Stn, Murchison, W WA IMG_6531+6535 20181006

At Big Red, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_9012+9023 20240924

South of Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_9312 20240930