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Australian Brush Turkey Chick

Alectura lathami

Habitat:

The Australian Brush-turkey inhabits rainforests and wet schlerophyll forests, but can also be found in drier scrubs. Brush-turkey eggs are a favourite food of goannas, snakes, dingoes and dogs and once were a staple of Aboriginal Australians. Often goannas exhibit wounds on their tails of having been pecked by Brush-turkeys who ferociously chase them away from their nests. They eat mostly small animals. In situations where they come into contact with humans, such as picnic areas in national parks, brush-turkeys exhibit little fear and will often boldly attempt to steal food from tables. They will nest in suburban gardens, and in search of material for their nests will patiently remove enormous amounts of mulch from neighbouring gardens.

Notes:

There are lots of them around Cotton Tree, Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia. Very bold animals!

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2 Comments

ShannaB
ShannaB 12 years ago

I think it's a baby brush turkey too, it's so cute!

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

Yes, a young Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami).

KMills
Spotted by
KMills

4558, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Mar 11, 2011
Submitted on Feb 24, 2012

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