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Australian Brushturkey
Alectura lathami · Family Megapodiidae
Alectura lathami
Family Megapodiidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Megapodiidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 272,227
- Countries and territories with records
- 9
About this species
This species has 272,227 occurrence records from 9 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.25% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Alectura lathami combines the genus name Alectura with the species epithet lathami. It is the only species of the genus Alectura in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 18 species of the family Megapodiidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 12.5 times the family average (21,717). The family Megapodiidae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.