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The Brolga (Grus rubicunda), formerly known as the "Native Companion", is a bird in the crane family. The Brolga is a common gregarious wetland bird species in tropical and eastern Australia, well known for its intricate mating dance.
The full-grown Brolga is a tall, mid-grey to silver-grey crane, 0.7 to 1.3 metres (2 ft 4 in to 4 ft 3 in) high, with a wingspan of 1.7 to 2.4 metres (5 ft 7 in to 7 ft 10 in), and a broad red band extending from the straight, bone-coloured bill around the back of the head. Juveniles lack the red band. Adult males average at a little under 7 kilograms (15 lb), females a little under 6 kilograms (13 lb). The weight can range from 3.7 to 8.7 kilograms (8.2 to 19 lb).
Brolgas are gregarious creatures; the basic social unit is a pair or small family group of about three or four birds, usually parents together with juvenile offspring, though some such groups are nonfamilial. In the non-breeding season, they gather into large flocks, which appear to be many self-contained individual groups rather than a single social unit. Within the flock, families tend to remain separate and to coordinate their activities with one another rather than with the flock as a whole.
Brolga are omnivorous and eat a variety of wetland plants, insects, and amphibians. They also eat wetland and upland plants, seeds, molluscs and crustaceans.
21st November 2009 on the 150th Anniversary Year of the Proclamation of the Town of Corowa.
The sculpture was crafted by Richard Walker, artist blacksmith, from High Country Forge at Smoko (near Bright).
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