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The Sula scrubfowl is a medium-sized ground-dwelling bird growing to a length of between 30 and 35 cm (12 and 14 in). The sexes are similar in appearance, being a uniform reddish-brown colour and having a short, pointed crest and long red or orange-red legs and feet.
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When to see the Sula Megapode
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sula Megapode
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Sula Megapode
The Sula megapode or Sula scrubfowl is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found only in the Banggai and Sula Islands between Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, where its habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat destruction.
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Easily confused with
Tanimbar MegapodeMegapodius tenimberensisThe Tanimbar megapode or Tanimbar scrubfowl is a small megapode endemic to the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia.
Tongan MegapodeMegapodius pritchardiiThe Tongan megapode is a species of bird in the megapode family, Megapodiidae, currently endemic to Tonga.
New Guinea ScrubfowlMegapodius decollatusThe New Guinea scrubfowl or New Guinea megapode is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae.
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