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Aepypodius arfakianus

IUCN

LC
Alias:Aepypodius arfakianus,Wattled Brush-turkey

Basic Information

Scientific classification

Vital signs

  • length:About 46 cm
  • Weight:1.2-1.6kg
  • lifetime:No textual research information is available

Feature

The eggs are incubated by natural heat

Details

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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Location

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Form

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,

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