Australian Brushturkey

Alectura lathami

Least Concern

The Australian Brushturkey is a large mound-building megapode of eastern Australia, from Cape York south through Queensland and New South Wales. It uses rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, scrub, and increasingly urban gardens. Fun fact: Males build and tend huge compost mounds, adjusting the temperature by adding or removing leaf litter.

Family

Megapodiidae

Group

Megapodes

Range

Australian Brushturkey Range — Eastern Australian rainforest, wet forest, scrub, and urban-edge range

Population

≈ Unknown

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