Australian Bustard
Ardeotis australis
Summary 2
The Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) is a large ground bird of grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is also commonly referred to as the plains turkey, and in Central Australia as bush turkey, particularly by Aboriginal people, though this name may also be used for the Australian Brushturkey as well as the Orange-footed Scrubfowl.
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