Australian Brushturkey
Alectura lathamiGray, JE, 1831
English (US) Australian Brushturkey
The Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Megapodiidae (Megapodes) in the order Galliformes.
- Scientific name
- Alectura lathami
- Family
- Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Australian Brushturkey
- Described by
- Gray, JE, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Alectura lathami purpureicollis
- Alectura lathami lathami
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Alectura Lathami
- Described by
- Gray, JE, 1831
- Type locality
- Near Sydney, New South Wales.
- Original description
- The zoological miscellany 1 p.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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