Vanuatu Scrubfowl vs Red-billed Brushturkey

Megapodius layardi 比較対象 Talegalla cuvieri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Vanuatu Scrubfowl Red-billed Brushturkey
学名 Megapodius layardi Talegalla cuvieri
Galliformes Galliformes
Megapodiidae Megapodiidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 47.2 cm (18.6 in) 55.0 cm (21.7 in)
体重 768.5 g (27.11 oz) 1785.0 g (62.96 oz)
食性 Forages in Vanuatu island forests for fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates. Scratches leaf litter and … Omnivorous; forages in lowland New Guinea forests for fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates scratched from …
一腹卵数 -- --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Vanuatu Scrubfowl only

Red-billed Brushturkey only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Vanuatu Scrubfowl

さえずり

Produces a loud, wailing cackle and deep clucking calls. Vanuatu island calls are consistent with other Megapodius; the distinctive wailing cackle echoes through island forest.

Red-billed Brushturkey

さえずり

Produces loud, resonant booming calls and guttural clucking notes. The deep, carrying boom is the primary territorial sound; heard at dawn in New Guinea lowland forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Vanuatu Scrubfowl

Endemic to the islands of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific. Found in lowland and foothill forest.

Red-billed Brushturkey

Endemic to the Vogelkop Peninsula and Misool Island of western New Guinea. Found in lowland and hill rainforest.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Vanuatu Scrubfowl

Least Concern

Red-billed Brushturkey

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How to Tell Them Apart

Vanuatu Scrubfowl

羽毛

Upperparts dark greyish-brown; underparts paler grey-white; bare reddish facial skin and small brown crest. Legs large and pale yellowish; tail dark; slightly larger than related island scrubfowl.

Red-billed Brushturkey

羽毛

Dark brownish-black overall with bare red facial skin and distinctive bright red bill; throat wattle yellow with red suffusion. Upperparts show faint brownish gloss; tail broad and black.

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About These Birds

Vanuatu Scrubfowl

バヌアツのエスピリトゥサント島などに生息するバヌアツツカツクリ。体長28〜33cm。落葉や土の塚で卵を温める独特の繁殖習性を持つ。森林に生息し果実や昆虫を食べる。脆弱種。

Red-billed Brushturkey

A large megapode (~1.8 kg) of family Megapodiidae, bearing a vivid red bill contrasting with black and white plumage. Endemic to lowland and hill forests of western New Guinea. Constructs large mound nests of decaying vegetation for egg incubation without parental brooding. Forages on the forest floor for fruits, seeds, and invertebrates. Least Concern.

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