megapode

Synonyms:

mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl

Types:

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Leipoa ocellata, leipoa, lowan, mallee fowl

Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

Alectura lathami, brush turkey

black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

Macrocephalon maleo, maleo

Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches

mallee hen

adult female mallee fowl

Type of:

gallinacean, gallinaceous bird

heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds