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Red-billed Brush-turkey (Talegalla cuvieri) Information

Red-billed Brushturkey

The Red-billed Brushturkey, Talegalla cuvieri, also known as Red-billed Talegalla or Cuvier's Brushturkey, is a large, up to 57cm long, black megapode with bare yellow facial skin, a reddish orange bill, yellow iris, and orange feet. The head is covered with bristle-like black feathers. The sexes are similar.

An Indonesian endemic, the Red-billed Brushturkey inhabits to lowland forests on Vogelkop Peninsula, western Snow Mountains, and Misool Island of West Papua. It builds nest mound from sticks and leaves.