Macrocephalon maleo

The Male Megapod is a large black and white bird with a body length of 55-60 cm and a weight of 1389-1758 g. It has a prominent medium-length tail. It is characterized by a pair of large black claws. It has a striking and distinctive head with a black crown; It has a pale yellow face and a pale beak. The abdomen is white, with a pink tinge on the chest. This rare bird is usually silent, but at nesting sites, can make very unusual noises.

It is found only on the islands of Sulawesi and Buton in central Indonesia.

Macrocephalon maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is the only species of the genus Maleo with no subspecies differentiation. This is a timid and shy bird. Active at dawn and dusk, the temperament is withdrawn, often active alone, and rarely active in pairs even during the breeding season. Weak in flight, but very good at running. Its food is mainly plant flowers, seeds, fruits and so on. Nesting is done at traditional sites along the coast of the archipelago, where eggs are buried on sandy beaches, lakeshore and river banks and incubated by heat from the sun or geothermal radiation.

Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Endangered (EN).

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