#1404 · 🐦 birds
Australian Brushturkey
🇳🇱 Boskalkoen ·Alectura lathami
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- 1. © JJ Harrison · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Steve Murray · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © andrewpavlov · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 6. © Michael Hains · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © Indra Bone · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Proteros · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Australian brushturkey or Australian brush-turkey ( Alectura lathami ), also frequently called the scrub turkey or bush turkey , is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales. The Australian brushturkey has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest extant representative of the family Megapodiidae and is one of three species to inhabit Australia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 24,334 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 190 g.
- Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1831 (195 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Australian Brushturkey
- Nederlands
- Boskalkoen
- scientific name
- Alectura lathami
- class
- Aves
- order
- Galliformes
- family
- Megapodiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 24,334
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- 190 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1831 by John Edward Gray
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 2038, Wikidata Q632066, GBIF 5229426, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.