Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) - HBW 2, p. 305
French: Mégapode maléo
German: Hammerhuhn
Spanish: Talégalo Maleo
Other common names: Maleofowl, Gray's Brush-turkey
Taxonomy: Macrocephalon maleo S. Müller, 1846, Sulawesi.
Alternative genus name, Megacephalon, obsolete. Monotypic.
Distribution: N, C & SE Sulawesi; probably also Buton (Butung) I, off SE Sulawesi. Populations, probably introduced, formerly occurred off NE Sulawesi on Lembeh and perhaps Bangka, and also on several of Sangihe Is.
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Body popping nervously back and forth along branch in the canopy Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 10 September 2012 31 weeks ago 42 sec 4.9 -
An egg inside a mount Locality Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 15 August 1997 5 years ago 7 sec 4.6 -
A presumed female perched on a branch, perhaps planning to lay her eggs in a mound. Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 8 August 2009 1 year ago 31 sec 4.3 -
Body popping! Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 10 September 2012 31 weeks ago 17 sec 4 -
A newly hatched chick in the hand. Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 8 August 2009 1 year ago 15 sec 4 -
The release of a one-day old chick hatched on an enclosure to increase survival Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 August 2007 5 years ago 54 sec 3.9
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A male guarding the nest pit while the female digging and laying egg.
Locality North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
ihunowu 30 July 2012 39 weeks ago 4.2 -
An adult bird perched on a branch.
Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 September 2004 22 weeks ago 4 -
Close-up of a male bird
Locality Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 26 August 2008 2 years ago 3.6 -
A juvenile bird in hand.
Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 September 2004 22 weeks ago 3.4 -
Young chick hatched that same day, in a hatchery
Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Peter Waanders 17 May 2010 3 years ago 3.3 -
A distant adult late in the afternoon.
Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 11 October 2011 1 year ago 3.2
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