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Aepypodius bruijnii (Waigeo Brushturkey)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Waigeo brushturkey or Bruijn's brushturkey (Aepypodius bruijnii) is a large (approximately 43 cm long) brownish-black megapode with a bare red facial skin, red comb, maroon rump and chestnut brown below. There are two elongated red wattles on the back of the head and a long wattle on the foreneck. Both sexes are similar. The female has a smaller comb and no wattles. An Indonesian endemic, the Waigeo brushturkey occurs in mountain forests on Waigeo Island of West Papua.
View Wikipedia Record: Aepypodius bruijnii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Aepypodius bruijnii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
62
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.6662
EDGE Score: 4.76499
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Palau Waigeo Timur Nature Reserve 295291 Papua Barat, Indonesia    

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Waigeo Utara/Timur Indonesia  

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0