Yellow-legged Brushturkey
- Scientific name
- Talegalla fuscirostris
- Family
- Megapodiidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Broad
- Tail shape
- Rounded
Why it matters
The yellow-legged brushturkey is a unique megapode native to the lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands. Unlike most birds that incubate eggs with body heat, this species constructs large earthen mounds where decaying vegetation generates the necessary warmth to hatch its young.
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