How big is a Black-billed Brushturkey?

The Black-billed Brushturkey is a large sized bird weighing about 1.3 kg.

Where can you see a Black-billed Brushturkey?

The Black-billed Brushturkey occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

What birds look similar to a Black-billed Brushturkey?

The Black-billed Brushturkey is most easily confused with the Collared Brushturkey and the Red-billed Brushturkey.

Is the Black-billed Brushturkey endangered?

The Black-billed Brushturkey is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Black-billed Brushturkey

Talegalla fuscirostris

Megapodes · Galliformes · Rare

The Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris) is a rare megapod found in 2 countries, weighing about 1.3 kg. The black-billed brushturkey, yellow-legged brushturkey or black-billed talegalla is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae.

Least ConcernRareEats invertebratesforest1.3 kg

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 1 — Photo: Eric Carpenter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 2 — Photo: Lorentz H.A. · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 3 — Photo: Lorentz H.A. · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 4 — Photo: Lorentz H.A. · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 5 — Photo: Rosenberg C.B.H. von · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 6 — Photo: Rosenberg C.B.H. von · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 7 — Photo: Rosenberg C.B.H. von · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 8 — Photo: Rosenberg C.B.H. von · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 9 — Photo: Gray, George Robert; Hullmandel & Walton; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph; Mitchell, D. W. · Public domain

About the Black-billed Brushturkey

The black-billed brushturkey, yellow-legged brushturkey or black-billed talegalla 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.Anatomy of the black-billed brushturkey

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Where it lives

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: June, July, August, September, October, November, with peak activity in July. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Black-billed Brushturkey look like?: The black-billed brushturkey, yellow-legged brushturkey or black-billed talegalla is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae.
How big is a Black-billed Brushturkey?: The Black-billed Brushturkey is a large sized bird weighing about 1.3 kg.
Where can you see a Black-billed Brushturkey?: The Black-billed Brushturkey occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
What birds look similar to a Black-billed Brushturkey?: The Black-billed Brushturkey is most easily confused with the Collared Brushturkey and the Red-billed Brushturkey.
Is the Black-billed Brushturkey endangered?: The Black-billed Brushturkey is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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