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Australian Brush-turkey

Alectura lathami

Description:

It is the largest extant representative of the family Megapodiidae and is one of three megapode, mound-building species to inhabit Australia.

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest.

Notes:

Seen at dawn in a tree on the bank of the Daintree river.

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1 Comment

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Nice (I'm jealous)

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4873, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Sep 5, 2010
Submitted on Mar 1, 2011

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