Strange call of the Australian Brush-turkey

One of the strange things about an Australian Brush-turkey is the noise it makes. The sound you’ll hear most often is a quiet grunt, like the cluck of a contented, somewhat deep-voiced domestic chicken. But every now and then, male Australian Brush-turkeys make a weird, booming sound:

Oo-oo-oom

Listen to the sound in this video, and see more on my blog:

[troshs]

It sounds like he could do a Campbell's soup commercial

[clueing]

Thank you for this. This call has been driving me crazy until I realised just now that it must be a turkey. Their calls must be quite individual because the one in my backyard sounds a little deeper and has a different character to it. I thought it was an old man clearing his throat at first, lol 😂 😊

[geigertec]

The Australian Brush-turkey is my favorite bird.

[Dawkwing_Phoenix]

What I expected: gobble or cluck

What I actually got: hoot

[germgoblin]

Me when I experience the great taste of cinnamon toast crunch:

[mr.sunnyg]

he's just telling ya that's his mound.

[basil]

im obsessed with this video. new favorite chicken

[viper]

been trying to figure out what the hell ive been hearing for a while, sounded like some kind of owl haha

[kidowmer]

I've just read about them. Very interesting birds. Is it easy to spot one in your neighborhood? I assume this is in Australia?

[PatrickHillmann]

My Kevin is a bully. He doesn’t play well with the other turkeys

[lemongrab]

They definitely belong to the phasianidae family I wonder if they can be crossed with chickens or guineas.