Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
About the Brolga
The brolga (Antigone rubicunda), 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 27 recordings for this species: 19 CC BY-NC-ND · 7 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Australia, Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisrecording
- White-naped CraneAntigone vipiorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.