Species profile
Red-legged Brushturkey
Talegalla jobiensis
Quick answer
Heard at Kangarangate once in 2004, and twice in 2006. Local names ‘ mibu’ (Kangarangate), ‘ sawa’ (Munggur). Villagers described by call and habits only one other mound-building species, evidently New Guinea Scrubfowl Megapodius decollatus, as ‘ niako’ (Kangarangate) or ‘ burukate’ (Munggur). They denied knowledge of any additional mound-building species that would have been Aepypodius arfakianus, for which the only Adelbert report was by Mackay. As explained under Methods, we hesitate to accept that report without confirmation, ȱespeciallyȱasȱnoneȱofȱBeck, ȱGilliard, ȱPrattȱandȱourselvesȱobservedȱtheȱspeciesȱ and its distinctive mounds. Villagers could hardly have been unaware of Aepypodius if it had been present. Yet its absence from the Adelberts would be surprising, because it has been recorded in all nine other outliers.
- Scientific name
- Talegalla jobiensis
- Family
- Megapodiidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Talegalla
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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