What is "talegalla"

Talegalla \Tal`e*gal"la\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.

n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus ''Talegalla'' of brushturkeys, of Indonesia and vicinity.

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

• 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.