Genus Alectura (Noun)
Meaning
Brush turkeys.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The male Alectura lathami is part of the genus Alectura found in Australia, and the topknot of its crest is red and fanned shaped.
- The genus Alectura comprises only one species of the Australian bird family Megapodiidae, that being the Australian Brush-turkey.
- Genus Alectura is characterised by the birds having stout legs and feet, and their plumage is mostly black with a red head and a crest.
- Studies of the genus Alectura show the female also assists in finding supplies for incubation and in the construction of the nesting area known as a mound.
- Native to eastern Australia, the genus Alectura can be commonly found scratching a mound out for egg-laying purposes.