Aepypodius arfakianus
IUCN
LCBasic Information
Scientific classification
- name:Aepypodius arfakianus
- Aliases:Aepypodius arfakianus,Wattled Brush-turkey
- Outline:Landfowl
- Family:Cocciformes Megacanthidae C.Megacanthidae
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.
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,