Australian Brush-turkey vs Tickclover

Alectura lathami compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Australian Brush-turkey Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Aves (Birds) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Galliformes (Galliformes) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Megapodiidae Fabaceae
Genus Alectura Desmodium
Species Alectura lathami Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Australian Brush-turkey

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Australian Brush-turkey Tickclover
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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Tickclover

No description available.

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