Alternative name: Moluccan Scrubfowl
- Eulipoa wallacei
Megapodius wallacei
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.
Distribution
Moluccas and Misool Island, Indonesia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly placed in the genus Megapodius.
Habitat
Hill and mountain forests
Behaviour
It lays its eggs nocturnally. The nesting grounds are usually located in sun-exposed beach or volcanic soils.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Moluccan Megapode. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Moluccan_Megapode
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