Location
Silky Oaks, Mossman
Australia
Metadata
Make Nikon D1X
Lens Nikkor AF VR 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D
at 270 mm
Exposure 1/40 s, f/5.6, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 522 pixels
IOC Names
Order Galliformes Family Megapodiidae
Deutsch Buschhuhn Dutch Boskalkoen
Italian Megapodio australiano Spanish Talégalo Cabecirrojo
Comments
Brushturkey adults do not brood but leave incubation to mounds of rotting vegetation, volcanic ash or hot sand. The young have to dig their way out of the nest mounds after hatching, but they emerge from the eggs fully feathered and as soon as they leave the mound, they areable to fly for long distances.
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| 29/04/2002 |
Australian Brushturkey |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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