Megapodius decollatus

The New Guinea megapoan is 35 cm long and weighs 550 grams.

It is found in northern and adjacent islands of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
The natural habitats are subtropical or tropical humid lowland forests and subtropical or tropical humid mountain forests.

New Guinea Scrubfowl (Megapodius decollatus).

The diet of New Guinea megapods is mainly plant flowers, seeds, fruits, etc. The megapod has created a complete brooding system without having to incubate its own eggs directly. Laying eggs near a very hot volcano or uncooled lava; Some go to the beach to incubate their eggs in the sand piles heated by the sun. The eggs need a proper temperature to hatch, but the sand is hot during the day and cold at night. The megapod makes a sand dune on its nest. When it is hot during the day, the male will spread out the dunes and then bury the eggs in the wet, cold sand. When the temperature drops, she immediately removes the wet sand and covers the eggs with warm, dry sand. Sometimes the eggs are incubated using the heat generated when the leaves are moldy.

Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).

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