Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
Black-billed Brush-turkey (Talegalla fuscirostris) - HBW 2, p. 304
French: Talégalle à bec foncé
German: Schwarzschnabeltalegalla
Spanish: Talégalo Piquinegro
Other common names: Yellow legged Brush turkey, Black billed Scrub turkey
Taxonomy: Talegallus fuscirostris Salvadori, 1877, Epa and Hall Sound, New Guinea.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- occidentis C. M. N. White, 1938 - Aru Is; SW New Guinea.
- fuscirostris Salvadori, 1877 - SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
- No videos available yet
- No photographs available yet
-
Bird calling in the thicket Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 2 years ago 4
Email this page