Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Megapodes :: Orange-footed Scrubfowl

Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt

Described by: Dumont (1823)
Alternate common name(s): Scrubfowl, Orange-footed Megapode
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste  near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste  near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste  near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste  Julatten, Queensland, Australia - 1981 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

Lesser Sundas to s. New Guinea and n. Australia;
Fragmented island populations;
(1) The Lesser Sundas and is. in the Flores Sea w. to Salayar, Kalao and Tanahjampea Is. Aru Is. S. and w. New Guinea and Kai Is.
(2) d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago and Louisiade Archipelago.
(3) N. Australia (ne. Western Australia (Kimberleys) and n. Northern Territory at Howard Springs, and Darwin).
(4) Ne. Australia (n. Queensland on the Cape York Peninsula in the Iron Range National Park).
(5) Ne. Australia (n. and c. Queensland at Cooktown, Port Douglas, Kingfisher Park, Mount Whitfield Environmental Park, Cairns Botanic Gardens) s. to the Rockhampton area).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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