megapode nest

Description:

This is a nest of a megapode. "The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae." They do not incubate their eggs but rely on the heat produced by fermentation of rotting vegetation in the mound. The chicks are extremely precocial at hatching.

Habitat:

Mixed lowland and sago swamp forest.

Notes:

Coordinate position is not precise.