Juvenile © Illawarra Birders Inc
Adult © Andres Vasquez Noboa
Adult © Chris Barnes
Adult © Lucas Brook
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Adult © Frank Coman

Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami

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Identification

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Large black bird with a vertically-fanned tail and massive strong legs and feet. Obvious red head. Male develops large yellow pendulous neck wattles (mauve in Cape York subspecies). Endemic resident of tropical rainforests along the eastern coast of Australia. It can be a common in cosmopolitan parks and gardens in places such as Cairns, Brisbane. Roosts at night very high up in trees. Builds large nest-mounds of leaves and mulch.

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