Editing Brolga (section)

===Diet===
Brolgas are [[Omnivore|omnivorous]] and forage in wetlands, saltwater marshes, and farmlands. They tear up the ground with their powerful beaks in search of bulbs and edible roots.<ref name=Gould/> Northern populations have a very varied diet, with minimal contribution of vegetation.<ref name=":0" /> They also eat the shoots and leaves of wetland and upland plants, cereal grains, [[seed]]s, [[insects]], [[mollusk]]s, [[crustacean]]s, [[frog]]s, and [[lizard]]s. In saltwater marshes, they may drink saline water, as they have [[gland]]s near their eyes through which they [[salt gland|can excrete excess salt]].<ref name=Veyret/> Isotopic analyses of molted feathers in their breeding grounds along the Gulf of Carpentaria showed their diet to be diverse across multiple trophic levels, with minimal contribution of vegetation.<ref name=":0" /> Analyses showed strong niche separation between brolgas and sarus cranes by diet. Their diet in dry season flocks at Atherton Highlands likely are very different owing to the largely agricultural landscape.