Megapodius freycinet

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Megapodius freycinet is a species of mound-building bird, commonly known as a scrubfowl, native to forested regions of eastern Indonesia and nearby islands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Megapodius freycinet canonical 2
Moluccan megapode 1
dusky megapode 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species
megapode
scrubfowl
activityPattern diurnal
behavior mound-building for incubation
breedingBehavior males maintain and tend incubation mounds
breedingSite forest floor
class Aves
commonName Megapodius freycinet self-linksurface differs
surface form: dusky megapode

dusky scrub fowl
dusky scrubfowl
conservationStatus Least Concern
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
surface form: IUCN Red List
development chicks are highly precocial at hatching
diet feeds on fruits
feeds on invertebrates
feeds on seeds
omnivorous
distributionCharacteristic restricted to Australasian region
ecologicalRole seed disperser
soil disturber through mound building
eggCharacteristic large eggs relative to body size
family Megapodiidae
foragingStratum ground
genus Megapodius
geographicDistribution island-dwelling species
habitat coastal forest
secondary growth forest
tropical moist lowland forest
tropical moist montane forest
kingdom Animalia
locomotion capable of flight
terrestrial
nativeTo Maluku Islands
Papuan Islands
West Papua
surface form: West Papua region

eastern Indonesia
nestType ground mound nest
order Galliformes
phylum Chordata
reproduction does not incubate eggs with body heat
uses decomposing vegetation mounds to incubate eggs
taxonRank species
temperatureRegulationOfEggs uses heat from decomposing organic matter

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Megapodiidae containsTaxon Megapodius freycinet
Megapodius freycinet commonName Megapodius freycinet self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: dusky megapode
Eulipoa wallacei commonName Megapodius freycinet
this entity surface form: Moluccan megapode
Megapodius hasSpecies Megapodius freycinet