Bird group
Megapodes
21 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.
The Australian Brushturkey is a large mound-building megapode of eastern Australia, from Cape York south through Queensland and New South…
The Biak Megapode is an Indonesian island scrubfowl restricted to Biak, Numfor, and nearby islands in West Papua. It lives in lowland…
The Dusky Megapode is a dark scrubfowl of the Maluku and Raja Ampat Islands. It inhabits forest, swamp forest, and mangroves, building…
The Maleo is a critically endangered megapode endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia. It forages in lowland and hill forest…
The Malleefowl is a stocky Australian megapode of semi-arid mallee scrub and woodland. It is famous for large nesting mounds maintained by…
The Melanesian Megapode is an island scrubfowl of the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands. It uses lowland forest for foraging and may…
The Micronesian Megapode is an island scrubfowl of Palau and the Northern Mariana Islands. It uses forest, scrub, and small offshore…
The Moluccan Megapode is an Indonesian megapode of the Maluku Islands and Misool. It lives mainly in hill and mountain forest but travels…
The New Guinea Megapode is a scrubfowl of New Guinea, especially the northern half of the island. It lives in lowland and montane forest…
The Nicobar Megapode is a mound-building island bird restricted to the Nicobar Islands. It lives in coastal forest, scrub, and island…
The Orange-footed Megapode is a widespread scrubfowl of the Lesser Sunda Islands, southern New Guinea, and northern Australia. It uses…
The Philippine Megapode is a widespread island scrubfowl of the Philippines, northeastern Borneo, Sulawesi, and nearby islands. It uses…
The Red-billed Brushturkey is a large forest megapode of western New Guinea and Misool Island. It has dark plumage, bare yellow facial…
The Red-legged Brushturkey, or Collared Brushturkey, is a forest megapode of northern New Guinea. It lives in moist lowland and montane…
The Sula Megapode is an Indonesian island megapode restricted to the Banggai and Sula Islands. It lives in lowland forest, mangrove,…
The Tanimbar Megapode is a small island megapode endemic to Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands. It lives in forest and scrub, where it feeds on…
The Tongan Megapode is the only surviving megapode in Polynesia, now centered on Tonga's volcanic islands. It uses warm volcanic soils and…
The Vanuatu Megapode is an island scrubfowl endemic to Vanuatu. It lives in tropical lowland forest and is affected by egg collecting and…
The Waigeo Brushturkey is a rare megapode endemic to Waigeo Island in West Papua. It lives in mountain forest and is threatened by hunting,…
The Wattled Brushturkey is a forest megapode of New Guinea and nearby islands, especially steep lowland and montane forests. It is…
The Yellow-legged Brushturkey, also called the Black-billed Brushturkey, is a New Guinea megapode of moist lowland forests and nearby…
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