Nicobar Megapode

分类位置

同属物种

比亞克冢雉

Biak Scrubfowl

烏塚雉

Dusky Megapode

Melanesian Megapode

Melanesian Megapode

马岛冢雉

Micronesian Megapode

橙脚冢雉

Orange-footed Scrubfowl

菲律宾冢雉

Philippine Megapode

形态与习性

The Nicobar megapode or Nicobar scrubfowl (Megapodius nicobariensis) is a megapode found in some of the Nicobar Islands (India). Like other megapode relatives, it builds a large mound nest with soil and vegetation, with the eggs hatched by the heat produced by decomposition. Newly hatched chicks climb out of the loose soil of the mound and, being fully feathered, are capable of flight. The Nicobar Islands are on the edge of the distribution of megapodes, well separated from the nearest ranges of