Australian Brush-Turkey Chick 1 DSC_2145
Australian Brush Turkey Chicks
December 2010.
These Chicks recently hatched from the mound their father has carefully protected and maintained. Recently the adult male prevented a goanna from raiding the egg containing mound by showering it with leaves, sticks and dirt. He raked these with its powerful legs, He continued persue th goanna pecking its tail until it climbed a nearby tree.
These birds are so industrious working tirelessly from dawn till dusk. The chicks fend for themselves after hatching.
Scientific name: Alectura lathami
Family: Megapodiidae
Order: Galliformes
Also known as incubator birds or mound-builders.
www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/69
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapode
Link to mating behaviour papers CSIRO:
www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU9880049...
www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=340
galliform.psy.mq.edu.au/Megapode_project/Reprints/ontogen...
rainforest-australia.com/brush-turkey.html
Australian Museum
australianmuseum.net.au/Australian-Brush-turkey
Kuringgai
Australian Brush-Turkey Chick 1 DSC_2145
Australian Brush Turkey Chicks
December 2010.
These Chicks recently hatched from the mound their father has carefully protected and maintained. Recently the adult male prevented a goanna from raiding the egg containing mound by showering it with leaves, sticks and dirt. He raked these with its powerful legs, He continued persue th goanna pecking its tail until it climbed a nearby tree.
These birds are so industrious working tirelessly from dawn till dusk. The chicks fend for themselves after hatching.
Scientific name: Alectura lathami
Family: Megapodiidae
Order: Galliformes
Also known as incubator birds or mound-builders.
www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/69
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapode
Link to mating behaviour papers CSIRO:
www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU9880049...
www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=340
galliform.psy.mq.edu.au/Megapode_project/Reprints/ontogen...
rainforest-australia.com/brush-turkey.html
Australian Museum
australianmuseum.net.au/Australian-Brush-turkey
Kuringgai