Australian Brush-turkey vs long yam

Alectura lathami compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Australian Brush-turkey	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Galliformes (Galliformes)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Megapodiidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Alectura	Dioscorea
Species	Alectura lathami	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Australian Brush-turkey

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Australian Brush-turkey	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.