Bush Turkey
Rainforest Explorer
Below you will find pictures of diurnal (daytime)
animals and information about their lives. Click on the thumbnail picture
to enlarge the image.
Note the word “endemic” here means that the animal occurs
only in north Queensland, in the Wet Tropics
1. Host animal: Bush Turkey
Who am I?
I am also called Brush Turkey, Scrub
Turkey and Wild Turkey
Where do I live?
I live in the rainforest and
in some people’s gardens
What do I eat?
Insects
What do I do?
I have strong legs and feet for
scratching the leaf litter and I roost in the trees at night
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