Australian Brush-turkey vs Vegetable fern

Alectura lathami compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Australian Brush-turkey	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Galliformes (Galliformes)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Megapodiidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Alectura	Diplazium
Species	Alectura lathami	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Australian Brush-turkey

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Australian Brush-turkey	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.