Australian Brush-turkey vs Ferny Azolla

Alectura lathami compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Australian Brush-turkey	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Galliformes (Galliformes)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Megapodiidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Alectura	Azolla
Species	Alectura lathami	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Australian Brush-turkey

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Australian Brush-turkey	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Australian Brush-turkey

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United Kingdom.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Australian Brush-turkey

The Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami) is a species in the genus Alectura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.