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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Alectura includesCommonName Australian brush-turkey