Ornithology: Breeding and Nests: Aboriginal, native Australians near the nest of the mound building Megapodius, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae. They are found from south-east Asia to north Australia and islands in the west Pacific, this one is probably the orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt). They do not incubate their eggs with their body heat in the orthodox way, but bury them, building a massive mound of decaying vegetation, which the male attends, adding or removing litter to regulate the internal heat while the eggs hatch.
Ornithology: Breeding and Nests: Aboriginal, native Australians near the nest of the mound building Megapodius, stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae. They are found from south-east Asia to north Australia and islands in the west Pacific, this one is probably the orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt). They do not incubate their eggs with their body heat in the orthodox way, but bury them. They are best known for building a massive mound of decaying vegetation, which the male attends, adding or removing litter to regulate the internal heat while the eggs hatch.
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Location: Australia
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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