Talegalla cuvieri
IUCN
LCBasic Information
Scientific classification
- name:Talegalla cuvieri
- Aliases:Talegalla cuvieri,Red-billed Brush-turkey
- Outline:Landfowl
- Family:Chickeniformes Megacanthidae Yingmegacanthidae
Vital signs
- length:45-57cm
- Weight:1.5-1.785kg
- lifetime:No textual research information is available
Feature
It has a red, iron-gray, and black beak, with pale orange legs and feet
Details
Talegalla cuvieri (Red billed Brush-turkey) has two subspecies.
Red billed Camp Pheasants act alone and in pairs. Omnivorous, eating small invertebrates and a wide variety of foods on the forest floor. Shy and mysterious, but can perch in small trees and fly short distances, not long distances.
All are 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 New Guinea.
It inhabits hilly or lowland forest areas and reaches an altitude of 1600 m.
Form
The pheasant is 45-57 cm long and weighs 1500-1785 grams. As big as a chicken; The mouth is conical; The head has no feathers, the skin is bare, and the male and female feathers are close in color, mainly black and brown. The toes are strong. The whole body is dark gray, navy blue or black, the upper body to the tail color is deepest and most glossy, the lower body chest and abdomen color is slightly light and gray. It has a red, iron-gray, and black beak, with pale orange legs and feet.