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 |  | Scientific name: Alectura lathami
Size: 70cm
Status: Common
Diet: Insects, native fruits and seeds
Habitat: Rainforests, wet open forests and gardens.
Breeding: 18-24 white eggs are laid August to December
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| | Australian Brush-Turkey
/Australian+Brush-Turkey/$File/Australian+Brush-Turkey.jpg) The male scrub-turkey builds a mound to incubate its eggs. The mound may be up to 6 metres in diameter and 1 - 1.5 metres high. Chicks are independent from hatching. |