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Macrocephalon maleo (Maleo; Maleo Megapode)

Wikipedia Abstract

The maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is a large megapode and the only member of the monotypic genus Macrocephalon. The maleo is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is found in the tropical lowland and hill forests, but nests in the open sandy areas, volcanic soils or beaches that are heated by the sun or geothermal energy for incubation. (There are also megapode species that use fermenting compost to incubate their eggs.
View Wikipedia Record: Macrocephalon maleo

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Macrocephalon maleo

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
16
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
75
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 32.4519
EDGE Score: 5.58955
View EDGE Record: Macrocephalon maleo

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.426 lbs (1.554 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  232 grams
Female Weight [2]  3.197 lbs (1.45 kg)
Male Weight [6]  3.342 lbs (1.516 kg)
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  60 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [1]  14
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  4.173 inches (106 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.441 inches (62 mm)
Incubation [4]  79 days
Maximum Longevity [5]  23 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sulawesi lowland rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sulawesi montane rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park II 770291 Sulawesi, Indonesia  
Danau Matano - Towuti Recreation Parks Nature Recreation Park V 96082 Sulawesi, Indonesia  
Lore Lindu National Park II 577959 Sulawesi, Indonesia  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia Yes

Prey / Diet

Pangium edule[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Maleo, BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 6Jones, DN, Dekker, RWRJ and Roselaar, CS 1995. The Megapodes (Megapodiidae). Oxford University Press
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0