Definition of Alectura lathami

1. Noun. Black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea.

Exact synonyms: Brush Turkey
Generic synonyms: Megapode, Mound Bird, Mound Builder, Mound-bird, Scrub Fowl
Group relationships: Alectura, Genus Alectura

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alectura Lathami

Aldrovanda
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
Alec
Alec Guinness
Alecia
Aleck
Alectis
Alectis ciliaris
Alecto
Alectoria
Alectoris
Alectoris graeca
Alectoris ruffa
Alectorobius talaje
Alectura
Alectura lathami (current term)
Aleisha
Aleister
Alejandro
Alekano
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
Aleksandr Borodin
Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin
Aleksandr Pavlovich
Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin
Aleksandr Prokhorov
Aleksandr Scriabin

Literary usage of Alectura lathami

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"The next extract is " On the Habits of the Alectura lathami" by John Gould, Esq. FLS— Among other birds which this journey gave me an opportunity of ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Alectura lathami, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. xp 455 (1824) ; JE Gray, New Holland Vulture, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. ip 32, pi. TÌ. (1821). ..."

3. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"The Bush Turkey, Alectura lathami, inhabits these forests: it is somewhat less than the female of the Common Turkey; its general colour is dark brown, ..."

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