Australian brushturkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian brushturkey lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Alectura lathami
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	190 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Megapodiidae

Where does the Australian brushturkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian brushturkey in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Australian brushturkey?

Wikidata records the following for the Australian brushturkey: mass 190 g (birth weight).

Is the Australian brushturkey endangered?

The Australian brushturkey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian brushturkey?

The Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami) is a bird in the order Galliformes and the family Megapodiidae, genus Alectura. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian brushturkey

The Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also commonly called the bush turkey, scrub turkey, or just brushturkey, is a large mound-building bird of the family Megapodiidae. It is found in eastern Australia, ranging from Far North Queensland to the south coast of New South Wales, and has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest living member of the Megapodiidae and one of three species native to Australia.

Despite its name and superficial resemblance to other birds, the Australian brushturkey is not closely related to the American turkey or the Australian bustard (which is also known locally as the bush turkey in central Australia). Its closest relatives are the wattled brushturkey, Waigeo brushturkey, and malleefowl.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian brushturkey (revision 1379244563), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q632066 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).