''Talegalla'' is a genus of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the family
Megapodiidae
The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae. Their name literally means "large foot" and is a reference to the heavy leg ...
. First described by
René Primevère Lesson
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in 1828, it contains the following species:
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Red-billed brushturkey
The red-billed brushturkey (''Talegalla cuvieri'') also known as red-billed talegalla or Cuvier's brushturkey, is a large, up to 57 cm long, black megapode with bare yellow facial skin, a reddish orange bill, yellow iris, and orange feet. T ...
(''Talegalla cuvieri'')
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Black-billed brushturkey (''Talegalla fuscirostris'')
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Collared brushturkey
The collared brushturkey, brown-collared brushturkey, or red-legged brushturkey (''Talegalla jobiensis'') is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae.
It is found in the northern part of New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tro ...
(''Talegalla jobiensis'')
The name ''Talegalla'' is a combination of ''taleve'', the
French
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word for
swamphen, and ''gallus'', the
Latin
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word for "cock". Lesson wrote that he created the word to hint at the unusual appearance of the red-billed brushturkey, which somewhat resembles a swamphen but is the size of a
chicken
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is now one of the most common and w ...
.
References
Bird genera
Birds of New Guinea
Taxa named by René Lesson
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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