Australian Brushturkey
Sounds & Calls
Australian Brushturkey (Alectura lathami)
The Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami) is a charismatic species of megapode common in suitable habitat along much of Australia’s east coast. This species is also known as Australian Bush Turkey. It can be found in a variety of habitats including rainforests, gardens and mangroves.
What does an Australian Brush-turkey sound like? Adult male Australian Brush-turkeys make deep booming calls, inflating their neck pouch to resonate the sound. This species also makes sequences of throaty growls as well as nasal clucking and gulping sounds.
Listen to examples of Australian Brushturkey calls below.
Listen to Australian Brush-turkey Sounds
The audio in this video features a variety of calls made by the Australian Brush-turkey. Recorded near Kuranda, Queensland, Australia.
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Australian Bird Sounds
Other bird calls from the Australian bush:
- Bellbird, Crested
- Black Cockatoo, Red-tailed
- Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed
- Boobook, Australian
- Boobook, Tasmanian
- Bowerbird, Golden
- Bowerbird, Satin
- Bowerbird, Spotted
- Bronzewing, Common
- Brushturkey, Australian
- Budgerigar
- Butcherbird, Black
- Butcherbird, Grey
- Butcherbird, Pied
- Catbird, Green
- Catbird, Spotted
- Cassowary, Southern
- Chowchilla
- Cockatiel
- Cockatoo, Palm
- Coucal, Pheasant
- Crane, Sarus
- Cuckoo, Channel-billed
- Cuckoo, Fan-tailed
- Currawong, Black
- Currawong, Pied
- Dove, Diamond
- Drongo, Spangled
- Emu
- Fairywren, Superb
- Figbird, Australasian
- Finch, Zebra
- Flycatcher, Restless
- Friarbird, Noisy
- Frogmouth, Marbled
- Frogmouth, Papuan
- Frogmouth, Tawny
- Fruit Dove, Wompoo
- Honeyeater, Brown
- Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked
- Kingfisher, Sacred
- Kite, Whistling
- Koel, Pacific
- Kookaburra, Blue-winged
- Kookaburra, Laughing
- Lorikeet, Rainbow
- Lyrebird, Superb
- Magpie, Australian
- Miner, Bell
- Miner, Noisy
- Nightjar, Large-tailed
- Nightjar, Spotted
- Oriole, Green
- Oriole, Olive-backed
- Owl, Australian Masked
- Owl, Eastern Barn
- Owl, Powerful
- Owl, Barking
- Owl, Lesser Sooty
- Owl, Greater Sooty
- Owlet-nightjar, Australian
- Pardalote, Spotted
- Parrot, Eclectus
- Pitta, Noisy
- Raven, Australian
- Robin, Eastern Yellow
- Robin, Flame
- Rosella, Crimson
- Rosella, Eastern
- Scrubfowl, Orange-footed
- Shrikethrush, Grey
- Shrikethrush, Little
- Songlark, Brown
- Songlark, Rufous
- Stone-curlew, Bush
- Wagtail, Willie
- Whipbird, Eastern
- Whistler, Australian Golden
- Whistler, Rufous