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n. - Type genus of Any of various large-footed, ground-dwelling birds, found in Australia and many South Pacific islands, that build mounds or burrows of earth and compost in which to incubate their eggs.

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  • 'Megapodius' is dark and flavorless, being a mass of hard muscle and sinew. birds, which may be called game, are not numerous.
  • The island is further remarkable from the fact that the Megapodius, or
  • The vulnerable Moluccan scrubfowl (Megapodius wallacei) is also found on Buru and Halmahera.
  • Two of the endemics are threatened (VU or above) (Megapodius nicobariensis, Hypsipetes nicobariensis).
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