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Megapodius reinwardt (Scrubfowl; Orange-footed Scrubfowl)

Synonyms: Megapodius affinis

Wikipedia Abstract

The orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt) is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae. This species comprises five subspecies found on many islands in Wallacea as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken and dark-coloured with strong orange legs and a pointed crest at the back of the head. It utilises a range of forest and scrub habitats and has colonised many small islands throughout its range. It is prolific in suburban Darwin gardens, where people refer to it as a Bush Turkey.
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Infraspecies

Megapodius reinwardt castanonotus
Megapodius reinwardt macgillivrayi
Megapodius reinwardt reinwardt
Megapodius reinwardt tumulus
Megapodius reinwardt yorki

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.20752
EDGE Score: 2.22002
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.189 lbs (993 g)
Birth Weight [2]  129 grams
Female Weight [4]  1.958 lbs (888 g)
Male Weight [4]  2.421 lbs (1.098 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  23.6 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  30 %
Diet - Plants [3]  70 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [2]  6
Clutches / Year [1]  15
Egg Length [1]  3.307 inches (84 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.047 inches (52 mm)
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy
Snout to Vent Length [1]  16 inches (41 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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
♦ 4Marchant, S.; Higgins, PJ (eds.) 1993. The handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, Vol. 2., raptors to lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
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