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Galliformes / Megapodiidae / Alectura

Australian Brushturkey

Alectura lathami

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ausbrt1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Alectura

Subspecies (2)

Alectura lathami lathami

eastern Australia (Wet Tropics region to east-central New South Wales)
Alectura lathami purpureicollis

northeastern Australia (northern Cape York Peninsula)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ausbrt1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.