Black-billed brushturkey

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.

Black-billed brushturkey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
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)

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.


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