New Guinea Scrubfowl

When to see the New Guinea Scrubfowl

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the New Guinea Scrubfowl

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

About the New Guinea Scrubfowl

The New Guinea scrubfowl or New Guinea megapode is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in New Guinea, mostly in the northern half. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was formerly known as Megapodius affinis but Roselaar, 1994 showed that Megapodius affinis A. B. Meyer, 1874 refers to M. reinwardt.

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Easily confused with

Nicobar MegapodeMegapodius nicobariensisMegapodes are so named for their large feet, and like others in the group this species is fowl-like with dark brown plumage, a short tail and large feet and claws. Tanimbar MegapodeMegapodius tenimberensisThe Tanimbar megapode or Tanimbar scrubfowl is a small megapode endemic to the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. Biak ScrubfowlMegapodius geelvinkianusThis bird measures 36 cm (14 in) long.