Dusky Megapode

When to see the Dusky Megapode

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dusky Megapode

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Dusky Megapode

The dusky megapode, also known as dusky scrubfowl or common megapode, is a medium-sized, approximately 41 cm long, blackish bird with a short pointed crest, bare red facial skin, dark legs, brown irises, and a dark brown and yellow bill. The male and female are similar. This terrestrial species lives in forests and swamps, including mangroves, of the Maluku and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia. Like other megapodes, it lays its eggs in a mound made from earth mixed with leaves, sand, gravel, and sticks, which can be as large as 11 m (36 ft) in diameter and stand nearly 5 m (16 ft) tall.

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Easily confused with

Micronesian MegapodeMegapodius laperouseThe Micronesian megapode is a stocky medium-sized bird that is mostly dark brownish-black in appearance. Philippine MegapodeMegapodius cumingiiThe Philippine megapode, also known as the Philippine scrubfowl or the Tabon scrubfowl, is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. Melanesian MegapodeMegapodius eremitaSimilar to other megapodes, Melanesian scrubfowl have a stout body shape, characteristically large feet, and rounded wings.