Megapodius nicobariensis
IUCN
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Scientific classification
- name:Megapodius nicobariensis
- Aliases:Megapodius nicobariensis,Nicobar Scrubfowl
- Outline:Landfowl
- Family:P.Genus P.family P.Genus
Vital signs
- length:About 43 cm
- Weight:595-1021g
- lifetime:No textual research information is available
Feature
It is the most westerly of the 19 megapods
Details
The Nicobar Scrubfowl (Megapodius nicobariensis) is a large and medium-sized bird with two subspecies.
Nicobar megapods are omnivorous and eat a wide variety of foods on the forest floor. Shy and mysterious, but can perch in small trees and fly short distances, not long distances. Good long race, fast speed is difficult to catch up. Like other megapods, they incubate their eggs naturally in large burial mound-shaped nests. It is also the most westerly of the 19 megapods.
Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Vulnerable (VU).
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Location
Country of origin: Central and lowlands of Nicobar Islands, India; Regional extinction: Myanmar.
The habitat is dense forest.
Form
尼科巴冢雉是一种大中型鸟类,体长43厘米,体重595-1021克。