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Australian Brushturkey
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alectura lathami, Australian brush-turkey
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Alectura lathami
- Commons category
- Alectura lathami
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- Alectura lathami
- taxon common name
- crvenovrata kokošina
- endemic to
- Australia
- litter size
- 12
- egg incubation period
- 50
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- A. lathami
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Encyclopedic overview
The Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also commonly called the bush turkey, scrub turkey, or just brushturkey, is a large mound-building bird of the family Megapodiidae. It is found in eastern Australia, ranging from Far North Queensland to the south coast of New South Wales, and has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest living member of the Megapodiidae and one of three species native to Australia.
Despite its name and superficial resemblance to other birds, the Australian brushturkey is not closely related to the American turkey or the Australian bustard (which is also known locally as the bush turkey in central Australia). Its closest relatives are the wattled brushturkey, Waigeo brushturkey, and malleefowl.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Australian Brushturkey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.