New Guinea Megapode

Megapodius decollatus

Least Concern

The New Guinea Megapode is a scrubfowl of New Guinea, especially the northern half of the island. It lives in lowland and montane forest and uses mound or warm-soil nesting strategies typical of megapodes. Fun fact: Island scrubfowl are strong enough flyers to colonize islands despite spending much of their lives on the ground.

Family

Megapodiidae

Group

Megapodes

Range

New Guinea Megapode Range — Northern New Guinea lowland and montane forest range

Population

≈ 6.7K–670K

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