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Alternative name: Moluccan Megapode

Megapodius wallacei

Photo by Rob Hutchinson
Location: Halmahera, Indonesia

[edit] Identification

31cm. Both sexes are similar. Olive brown plumage, blue grey below, white undertail coverts, brown iris, bare pink facial skin, bluish-yellow bill and dark olive legs. Light grey stripes on reddish maroon feathers on the back. The young has brownish plumage, a black bill, legs and hazel iris.

[edit] Distribution

Indonesia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Hill and mountain forests

[edit] Behaviour

It lays its eggs nocturnally. The nesting grounds are usually located in sun-exposed beach or volcanic soils.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages