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Red-billed Brush-turkey

Talegalla cuvieri Lesson, RP 1828

The red-billed brushturkey also known as red-billed talegalla or Cuvier's brushturkey, is a large, up to 57 cm long, black megapode with bare yellow facial skin, a reddish orange bill, yellow iris, and orange feet. The head is covered with bristle-like black feathers. The sexes are similar. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Megapodiidae
Genus:
   Talegalla
Scientific:
  Talegalla cuvieri


Original description

Citation:
  Lesson, RP 1828

Reference:
   Manuel Orn. Descr. Gen. Espèc. 2 p.186

Protonym:
  Talegalla Cuvieri

Type locality:
  Forests of New Guinea = Dorey [now Manokwari] Dutch New Guinea.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49447318


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9F3603B0863EB5F5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9F3603B0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9F3603B0


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175706

Geographic range:

  • Talegalla cuvieri cuvieri: northwestern New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula) and Misool and Salawati islands
  • Talegalla cuvieri granti: west central New Guinea (base of the western Snow Mountains)
English:
Red-billed Brush-turkey
Catalan:
Talègol bec-roig
Czech:
tabon červenozobý
Danish:
Rødnæbbet Tallegalla
German:
Rotschnabel-Buschhuhn
Spanish:
Talégalo de Cuvier
Spanish (Spain):
Talégalo de Cuvier
Finnish:
punanokkatalekana
French:
Talégalle de Cuvier
Croatian:
crvenokljuna kokošina
Hungarian:
vöröscsőrű talegallatyúk
Italian:
Megapodio beccorosso
Japanese (romaji):
akahashitsukatsukuri
Japanese:
アカハシツカツクリ
Lithuanian:
raudonsnapė šiukšliavištė
Dutch:
Roodsnavelboskalkoen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudnebbomnhøne
Norwegian:
Rødnebbovnhøne
Polish:
nogal czerwonodzioby
Portuguese:
Peru-do-mato-de-barriga-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
peru-do-mato-de-bico-vermelho
Russian:
Красноклювий курохвост
Slovak:
tabon červenozobý
Serbian:
Crvenokljuna megapoda
Swedish:
rödnäbbad buskhöna
Ukrainian:
Великоніг червонодзьобий
Chinese:
红嘴塚雉
Chinese (Traditional):
紅嘴營塚雉


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Talégalle de Cuvier ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Talégalle de Cuvier ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Red-billed Brush-Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Red-billed Brush Turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Talegalla cuvieri [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Talegalla cuvieri [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Talegalla cuvieri [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Red-billed Brush-turkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Red-billed Brushturkey ( Talegalla cuvieri) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Talegalla cuvieri [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Talegalla cuvieri [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: qırmızıdimdik böyükayaq
Catalan: Talègol bec-roig
Czech: Tabon cervenozobý, tabon červenozobý
Danish: Rødnæbbet Tallegalla
German: Rotschnabel-Buschhuhn, Rotschnabeltalegalla, Rotschnabel-Talegalla
English: Cuvier's Brushturkey, Red billed Brush turkey, Red-billed Brush Turkey, Red-billed Brushturkey, Red-billed Brush-turkey, Red-billed Scrub-Turkey, Red-billed Talegalla
English, HBW: Red-billed Brush-turkey
English (IOC): Red-billed Brushturkey
English (United States): Red-billed Brushturkey
Esperanto: Ruĝbeka nestamasulo
Spanish: Talégalo de Cuvier, Telégala de Pico Rojo
Spanish (Spain): Talégalo de Cuvier
Spanish (HBW): Red-billed Brushturkey
Estonian: punanokk-rihukana
Finnish: Punanokkatalekana
French: Talégalle de Cuvier
Croatian: crvenokljuna kokošina
Hungarian: vöröscsőrű talegallatyúk
Indonesian: Maleo Kamur
Italian: Megapodio beccorosso, Talegalla beccorosso
Japanese (romaji): akaashitsukatsukuri, akahashitsukatsukuri
Japanese: アカアシツカツクリ, アカハシツカツクリ
Scientific: Talegalla cuvieri, Talegalla cuvieri cuvieri, Telegalla cuvieri
Lithuanian: raudonsnapė šiukšliavištė, Raudonspanė šiukšliavištė
Dutch: Roodsnavelboskalkoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudnebbomnhøne
Norwegian: Rødnebbovnhøne
Polish: nogal czerwonodzioby
Portuguese: Peru-do-mato-de-barriga-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal): peru-do-mato-de-bico-vermelho
Russian: Красноклювая большеногая курица, Красноклювий курохвост, Красноклювый большеног
Slovak: tabon červenozobý
Serbian: Crvenokljuna megapoda
Swedish: rödnäbbad buskhöna, Talegallahöna
Turkish: Al Gagalı Talegalo
Ukrainian: Великоніг червонодзьобий
Chinese: 红嘴塚雉
Chinese (Traditional): 紅嘴營塚雉

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