Australian brush-turkey
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The Australian brush-turkey is a large, ground-dwelling megapode bird native to eastern Australia, known for its distinctive mound-building nesting behavior.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
megapode ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| behavior |
ground-dwelling
ⓘ
mound-building ⓘ |
| binomialName | Alectura lathami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyMass | large for a megapode ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | polygynous ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName |
Australian brush-turkey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
bush turkey ⓘ scrub turkey ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionTrend | expanding into urban areas ⓘ |
| eats |
fruits
ⓘ
fungi ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ leaves ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| family | Megapodiidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| femaleRole | lays eggs in mound ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | scratches leaf litter ⓘ |
| foundInCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Alectura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry sclerophyll forest
ⓘ
rainforest ⓘ suburban gardens ⓘ urban parks ⓘ wet sclerophyll forest ⓘ |
| headColor | bare red head ⓘ |
| incubationMethod | heat from decomposing vegetation ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maleRole |
builds nesting mound
ⓘ
regulates mound temperature ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New South Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Australia ⓘ eastern Victoria ⓘ |
| nestType | compost mound ⓘ |
| offspringType | precocial chicks ⓘ |
| order | Galliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor | mostly black ⓘ |
| relativeSize | similar in size to a large domestic chicken ⓘ |
| reproduction | egg incubation in mounds ⓘ |
| tailShape | broad and fan-shaped ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| wattleColor | yellow ⓘ |
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