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ForestCavity nestLarge · 876 g
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It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken and dark-coloured with strong orange legs and a pointed crest at the back of the head. It utilises a range of forest and scrub habitats and has colonised many small islands throughout its range. It is prolific in suburban Darwin gardens, where people refer to it as a bush chook, bush chicken, bush turkey, or most commonly, the bush boiby
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When to see the Orange-footed Scrubfowl
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-footed Scrubfowl
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Orange-footed Scrubfowl
The orange-footed scrubfowl, also known as orange-footed megapode or just scrubfowl, is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae native to many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia.
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Easily confused with
Philippine MegapodeMegapodius cumingiiThe Philippine megapode, also known as the Philippine scrubfowl or the Tabon scrubfowl, is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae.
Micronesian MegapodeMegapodius laperouseThe Micronesian megapode is a stocky medium-sized bird that is mostly dark brownish-black in appearance.
Dusky MegapodeMegapodius freycinetThe 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.
Side by side: Australian Brushturkey vs Orange-footed Scrubfowl
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