Red-billed Brushturkey
Talegalla cuvieriLesson, RP, 1828
English (US) Red-billed Brushturkey
The Red-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla cuvieri) 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.
Range: northwestern and west-central New Guinea, including Misool and Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Talegalla cuvieri
- Family
- Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-billed Brushturkey
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1828
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Talegalla Cuvieri
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1828
- Type locality
- Forests of New Guinea = Dorey [now Manokwari] Dutch New Guinea.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou description des genres et des principales espèces d'oiseaux 2 p.186
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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