Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone ‡
Mutton Hole Wetland, Normanton, FN Qld IMG_6936 20200927
Notes: Similar in GISS to Brolga but pinkish legs & red bare skin of head extending onto lores
& upper neck; no dewlap. Red iris. Breeds in areas of Gulf lowlands, some move in dry season
S to eg Atherton Tablelands.
Range from eBird©
Bonadio RV Nature Park, Yungaburra, FN Qld IMG_0885 20201101 - CLICK for a group there on 20240912.
Bonadio RV Nature Park, Yungaburra, FN Qld IMG_5849 20240912 - flying in to feed.
Karumba Road, FN Qld IMG_4584 20200618 - juvenile: cinnamon-brown head & upper neck, black-tipped bill
Mutton Hole Wetland, Normanton, FN Qld IMG_6945 20200927 - Adult with juvenile (cinnamon-brown head & upperneck, shorter black-tipped bill).
Normanton Lagoon, FN Qld IMG_4359 20200617
Mutton Hole Wetland, Normanton, FN Qld IMG_6962 20200927
Curtain Fig NP Road, E Barron, FNE Qld IMG_3400 20200903 - Adult walks past 2 Brolga.
Leichhardt Lagoon, Normanton, FN Qld IMG_6293 20200622 - pair feeding
Leichhardt Lagoon, Normanton, FN Qld IMG_6310+6311 20200622 - pair bonding "dance".