Orange-footed Scrubfowl

Megapodius reinwardt - Mégapode de Reinwardt

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Mégapodiidés

  • Genus
    :

    Megapodius

  • Species
    :

    reinwardt

Descriptor

Dumont, 1823

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 47 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 550 à 1200 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mégapode de Reinwardt
adult
Mégapode de Reinwardt
adult

Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt) is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Megapodius reinwardt reinwardt (Lesser Sundas, se Moluccas, Aru Is., s and se New Guinea)
  • Megapodius reinwardt macgillivrayi (D'Entrecasteaux Is., Louisiade Arch.)
  • Megapodius reinwardt tumulus (n Australia)
  • Megapodius reinwardt yorki (ne Australia)
  • Megapodius reinwardt castanonotus (ec Queensland. ne Australia.)

Foreign names

  • Mégapode de Reinwardt,
  • Talégalo de Reinwardt,
  • frango-do-mato-de-pés-laranja,
  • Rotbein-Großfußhuhn,
  • narancssárgalábú ásótyúk,
  • Rood Boshoen,
  • Megapodio piediarancio,
  • orangefotad storfotshöna,
  • Oransjebeinovnhøne,
  • tabon hnedý,
  • tabon oranžovonohý,
  • Torresbuskhøne,
  • australianisojalka,
  • megàpode de Reinwardt,
  • nogal zmienny,
  • Оранжевоногий большеног,
  • Gosong kaki-merah,
  • オーストラリアツカツクリ,
  • 橙脚塚雉,
  • 橙腳塚雉,

Voice song and cries

Mégapode de Reinwardt
adult

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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