Biology:Black-billed brushturkey

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Short description: Species of bird

Black-billed brushturkey
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Talegalla
Species:
T. fuscirostris
Binomial name
Talegalla fuscirostris
Salvadori, 1877
Subspecies
  • T. f. aruensis (Roselaar, 1994)
  • Talegalla fuscirostris meyeri (Roselaar, 1994)
  • Talegalla fuscirostris fuscirostris (Salvadori, 1877)
  • Talegalla fuscirostris occidentis (CMN White, 1938)

The black-billed brushturkey, yellow-legged brushturkey or black-billed talegalla (Talegalla fuscirostris) is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Anatomy of the black-billed brushturkey

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1268240 entry