Black-billed brushturkey

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Black-billed brushturkey
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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)
  • T. f. meyeri(Roselaar, 1994)
  • T. f. fuscirostris(Salvadori, 1877)
  • T. f. 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.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Talegalla fuscirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22678568A92779092. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678568A92779092.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.