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brush turkey

Species of mound-bird Alectura lathami, family Megapodiidae, order Galliformes, found in Australia. The birds lay their eggs in mounds of earth or sand, and the mature bird is about the size of a turkey, brownish-black in colour.



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The Australian brush-turkey belongs to a family of birds--the megapodes--that has evolved a breeding strategy like no other bird group.
 
 
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