Brolga

Order Gruiformes; Family Gruidae (Cranes); Scientific name: Grus rubicunda; Alternative spelling of the specific name used in some literature: rubicundus; Common name: Brolga; Alternative common name: Australian Crane – Distribution in Australia: present in all mainland states; absent through most of the central Australia, and in Western Australia and western South Australia south of the Tropic of Capricorn - Distribution outside Australia: southern New Guinea; occasional visitors to New Zealand and islands of the Coral Sea.