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Red billed brushturkey

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Kingdom
  
Genus
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Megapodiidae

Scientific name
  
Talegalla cuvieri

Higher classification
  
Talegalla

Order
  
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Similar
  
Talegalla, Collared brushturkey, Megapode, Bird, Wattled brushturkey

The red-billed brushturkey (Talegalla cuvieri) also known as red-billed talegalla or Cuvier's brushturkey, is a large, up to 57 cm long, black megapode with bare yellow facial skin, a reddish orange bill, yellow iris, and orange feet. The head is covered with bristle-like black feathers. The sexes are similar.

An Indonesian endemic, the Red-billed Brushturkey inhabits to lowland forests on Vogelkop Peninsula, western Snow Mountains, and Misool Island of West Papua. It builds nest mound from sticks and leaves.

The scientific name commemorates the French zoologist Frédéric Cuvier.

The red-billed brushturkey is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

References

Red-billed brushturkey Wikipedia


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