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title: "Boskalkoen"
description: "Alectura lathami — Vogels. The Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also commonly called the bush turkey, scrub turkey, or just brushturkey, is a large mound-building bird of the family Megapodiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/australian-brushturkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Boskalkoen

> Alectura lathami — Vogels. The Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also commonly called the bush turkey, scrub turkey, or just brushturkey, is a large mound-building bird of the family Megapodiidae.

- Scientific name: *Alectura lathami*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 23405
- Wikidata: [Q632066](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q632066)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2038](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2038)

## Names

- en: Australian Brushturkey
- de: Buschhuhn
- es: Pavo de Matorral
- fr: Talégalle de Latham
- nl: Boskalkoen
- pt: Peru-do-mato
- pl: Nogal brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (22937)

## Summary

The Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also commonly called the bush turkey, scrub turkey, or just brushturkey, is a large mound-building bird of the family Megapodiidae. It is found in eastern Australia, ranging from Far North Queensland to the south coast of New South Wales, and has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest living member of the Megapodiidae and one of three species native to Australia.
Despite its name and superficial resemblance to other birds, the Australian brushturkey is not closely related to the American turkey…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_brushturkey

## Photo

![Boskalkoen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-brushturkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248710055

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-brushturkey?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).