Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestLarge · 1.3 kg

Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris), photo 1 — Photo: Eric Carpenter · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Black-billed Brushturkey

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-billed Brushturkey

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

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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Easily confused with

Collared BrushturkeyTalegalla jobiensisThe collared brushturkey, brown-collared brushturkey, or red-legged brushturkey is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. Red-billed BrushturkeyTalegalla cuvieriThe red-billed brushturkey also known as red-billed talegalla or Cuvier's brushturkey, is a large, up to 57 cm long, black megapode with bare yellow facial skin, a reddish orange bill, yellow iris, and orange feet.

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