Black-billed Brushturkey
Talegalla fuscirostrisSalvadori, AT, 1877
English (US) Black-billed Brushturkey
The Black-billed Brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris) 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: southern New Guinea including Aru IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Talegalla fuscirostris
- Family
- Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-billed Brushturkey
- Described by
- Salvadori, AT, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Talegallus fuscirostris
- Described by
- Salvadori, AT, 1877
- Type locality
- Southern New Guinea and the Aru Islands, types from Epa and Hall Sound, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 9 p.332
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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