Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
Bruijn's Brush-turkey (Aepypodius bruijnii) - HBW 2, p. 303
French: Talégalle de Bruijn
German: Braunbrusttalegalla
Spanish: Talégalo de la Waigeo
Other common names: Waigeo Brush /Scrub-turkey
Taxonomy: Talegallus Bruijnii Oustalet, 1880, Waigeo.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Waigeo I, to NW of New Guinea.
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The first nest mound of Bruijn's Brush-turkey to be disclosed to science on May 14, 2002 in the summit area of Mount Nok.
Locality Mount Nok, Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Iwein Mauro 14 May 2002 3 years ago 4.1 -
Adult mound-tending male Bruijn's Brush-turkey photographed for the first time ever in the wild, atop its nest mound in ridgetop
Locality Mount Danai, Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Iwein Mauro 3 April 2007 3 years ago 3.9
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