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Orange-footed Scrubfowl

Megapodius reinwardt

Description:

A 40-50cm bird that scuttles away across the forest floor or flies up to a tree when alarmed.

Habitat:

Found in rainforests, vine thickets, and monsoon forests around the North and East coasts of Australia.

Notes:

They rake about the leaf litter in search of food (fruits, insects, seeds and any other exposed organism). Call both day and nightwith often many birds together. Fairly common in their habitats.

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6 Comments

JenVanHouten
JenVanHouten 11 years ago

Gorgeous!

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago

Info finally added, sorry Lori I'm horrible about doing that, thanks for the reminder.

lori.tas
lori.tas 11 years ago

Hi Scott. I've added the wikipedia link. Could you add some information for the people here to read about these fascinating birds.

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago

Sounds about right, they were digging large holes everywhere

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

dang so cool. great pics!

lori.tas
lori.tas 11 years ago

Nice spot. These megapodes are mound builders; they make use of the rotting material in the nest mound to keep their eggs warm during incubation.

ScottHarte
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ScottHarte

4871, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Sep 20, 2012
Submitted on Nov 4, 2012

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