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Philippine megapode

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Philippine megapode
M. c. gilbertii in Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Megapodius
Species:
M. cumingii
Binomial name
Megapodius cumingii
Subspecies
  • M. c. dillwyni (Tweeddale, 1878)
  • M. c. gilbertii (G. R. Gray, 1862)
  • M. c. cumingii (Dillwyn, 1853)
  • M. c. pusillus (Tweeddale, 1878)
  • M. c. sanghirensis (Schlegel, 1880)
  • M. c. tabon (Hachisuka, 1931)
  • M. c. talautensis (Roselaar, 1994)

The Philippine megapode (Megapodius cumingii), also known as the Philippine scrubfowl or the Tabon scrubfowl, is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in the Philippines, northeastern Borneo, and Sulawesi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Description

It has a brown back and a blue-grey front. It has bare vermillion skin round its eyes.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Megapodius cumingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678588A92780215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678588A92780215.en.
  2. ^ Dillwyn, Lewis Llewelyn (1853) [1851]. "On an undescribed species of Megapodius". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19 (1): 118–120, pl. XXXIX. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1851.tb01142.x.


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