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Megapodius tenimberensis

[edit] Identification

It is the size of a domestic chicken.

[edit] Distribution

Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia.

[edit] Taxonomy

It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt.

[edit] Habitat

Forest and scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

Terrestrial.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes seeds, fallen fruit and terrestrial invertebrates.

[edit] Breeding

It nests in large mounds of sand, leaf litter and other debris where the heat generated by the decomposition of organic material incubates the eggs.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages