BirdUp · Species
Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Megapodius reinwardtDumont, 1823
Also known asKarrkarruk
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- GALLIFORMES
- Family
- Megapodiidae
- Genus
- Megapodius
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The orange-footed scrubfowl, also known as orange-footed megapode, is a large megapode of the family Megapodiidae native to the Lesser Sunda Islands, southern New Guinea, and northern Australia. It is a ground-dwelling bird about the size of a chicken, known for building massive incubation mounds.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Lesser Sundas, Kai Is. (south Moluccas), north-west, south and south-east New Guinea and satellites and north Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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