Talegalla

Talegalla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Megapodiidae
Genus:	Talegalla; Lesson, 1828
Type species
	Talegalla cuvieri; Lesson, 1828
Species
	See text

Talegalla is a genus of bird in the family Megapodiidae. First described by René Primevère Lesson in 1828, it contains the following species:^[2]

Red-billed brushturkey (Talegalla cuvieri)
Black-billed brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris)
Collared brushturkey (Talegalla jobiensis)

The name Talegalla is a combination of taleve, the French word for swamphen, and gallus, the Latin word for "cock". Lesson wrote that he created the word to hint at the unusual appearance of the red-billed brushturkey, which somewhat resembles a swamphen but is the size of a chicken.^[3]

^ Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 8.
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[Peters-1] Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 8.

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