Aepypodius arfakianus

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Name：Aepypodius arfakianus

Alias：Aepypodius arfakianus，Wattled Brush-turkey

Outline：Landfowl

Family：Cocciformes Megacanthidae C.Megacanthidae

length：About 46 cm

Weight：1.2-1.6kg

Life：No textual research information is available

IUCN：LC

Trait：The eggs are incubated by natural heat

Aepypodius arfakianus Life habits and morphological characteristics

It is 46 cm long and weighs 1200-1600 grams. As big as a chicken; The mouth is conical; The head is mostly featherless, the skin is bare, now bluish gray; The male and female feathers are close in color, mainly black brown; The toes are strong. Special nesting habits,

Aepypodius arfakianus Distribution range and habitat

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Aepypodius arfakianus Detailed Introduction

Wattled Brush-turkey (Aepypodius arfakianus) has a special nesting habit. It does not incubate its own eggs, but lays them in humus deposits, sand and volcanic ash, and incubates them by natural heat.

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Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).

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