Brolga
Antigone rubicunda (Perry, 1810)
Status not recordedbirds
The brolga (Antigone rubicunda) is a species in the family Gruidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.66 kg to 6.79 kg and live up to 33 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
Quick facts about the brolga
- Weight
- 5.66 kg – 6.79 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 33 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 65 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 29 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 3.73 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the brolga live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The brolga is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the brolga endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brolga classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyGruidae
- genusAntigone
- SpeciesAntigone rubicunda (Perry, 1810)
Synonyms Antigone rubicunda rubicunda, Ardea rubicunda, Grus rubicunda, Grus rubicundus
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- Australiese KraanvoëlAfrikaans
- كركي متوردArabic
- Източен жеравBulgarian
- grua australianaCatalan
- jeřáb australskýCzech
- BrolgatraneDanish
- BrolgakranichGerman
- aŭstralia gruoEsperanto
- Grulla brolgaSpanish
- Grulla AustralianaSpanish
- Austraalia kurgEstonian
- BrolgakurgEstonian
- brolgakurg (austraalia kurg)Estonian
- australiankurkiFinnish
- Grue brolgaFrench
- australski ždralCroatian
- Brolga-daruHungarian
- kurturrkibd
- Jenjang brolgaIndonesian
- Gru brolgaItalian
- オーストラリアヅルJapanese
- badawikgs
- australinė gervėLithuanian
- BrolgakraanvogelDutch
- Australische KraanvogelDutch
- żuraw australijskiPolish
- grou-brolgaPortuguese
- grou-australianoPortuguese
- Австралийский журавльRussian
- žeriav brolgaSlovak
- Brolga ždralSerbian
- brolgatranaSwedish
- Brolga TurnasıTurkish
- журавель австралійськийUkrainian
- dyuralyaxdk
- 澳洲鶴Chinese
- 澳洲鹤Chinese
Relatives of the brolga
Other species in the same genus Antigone.
CompareBrolga vs Sarus craneBrolga vs White-naped craneBrolga vs Sandhill craneBrolga vs Antigone cubensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brolga?
An adult brolga weighs 5.66 kg – 6.79 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the brolga live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the brolga for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the brolga live?
The brolga has a recorded lifespan of 33 years.
What kind of animal is the brolga?
The brolga (Antigone rubicunda) belongs to the family Gruidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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