animals and nature

[farishta]

strange almost flightless Australian bird that creates sandy mounds containing organic material to lay its eggs.

[qapmoc]

Shouldnt this be in quizzes, anyway:-

The Australian Brush-turkey is up to 70 cm in length, with a mainly black body plumage, bare read head, yellow throat wattle (pale blue in northern birds) and laterally flattened tail. The Australian Brush-turkey is not easily confused with any other Australian bird. It is the largest of Australia's three megapodes (Family Megapodiidae).

The smaller (45 cm) Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Megapodius freycinet, which shares part of the Australian Brush Turkey's northern range, is entirely dark grey to brown, with the exception of bright orange legs and feet. Australia's third megapode is the Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata, a largely brown bird, barred with black, white and rufous. It is found in southern and south-western Australia.

The megapodes are a distinct family of the group of fowl-like birds, such as quails, turkeys, peafowl and junglefowl.

[looloo]

For the Gen Knowledge crossword the answer is Mallee Fowl