Outback Birdlife
photographed at Mitchell River
by David & Diane Armbrust

Australian Bustard 
Ardeotis australis

The male Bustard in display is an awesome sight. He inflates his huge throat pouch with air, flips his tail up over his back, raises his head in the air and roars like a lion in the distance.

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