Eulipoa wallacei
E43239
Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eulipoa | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avian
ⓘ
bird species ⓘ megapode ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal at nesting grounds ⓘ |
| binomialName | Eulipoa wallacei self-link ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | colonial nester ⓘ |
| broodingBehavior | does not brood eggs with body heat ⓘ |
| chickCharacteristic | superprecocial at hatching ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName |
Megapodius freycinet
ⓘ
surface form:
Moluccan megapode
dusky scrubfowl ⓘ
surface form:
Wallace's scrubfowl
|
| describedBy | George Robert Gray ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | Wallacea ⓘ |
| eggCharacteristic | large egg size relative to body ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Maluku Islands ⓘ |
| family | Megapodiidae ⓘ |
| foragingStratum | ground ⓘ |
| foundOnIsland |
Ambon
ⓘ
Banda Islands ⓘ Buru ⓘ Halmahera ⓘ Haruku ⓘ Seram ⓘ |
| genus |
Eulipoa wallacei
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eulipoa
|
| habitat |
scrubland
ⓘ
secondary forest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ |
| incubationSubstrate |
warm sand
ⓘ
warm soil ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movementPattern | altitudinal migration between forest and nesting beaches ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alfred Russel Wallace ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ |
| nestingSiteType |
beach
ⓘ
coastal slope ⓘ |
| order | Galliformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | egg burial in warm substrate ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
egg collection by humans
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ |
| usesIncubationMethod |
geothermal heat incubation
ⓘ
solar heat incubation ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eulipoa