Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
Moluccan Scrubfowl (Eulipoa wallacei) - HBW 2, p. 305
French: Mégapode de Wallace
German: Molukkenhuhn
Spanish: Talégalo de Wallace
Other common names: Wallace's Scrubfowl
Taxonomy: Megapodius wallacei G. R. Gray, 1860, east Halmahera.
Often included in genus Megapodius, but plumage fairly different from that of rather uniform members of that genus; secondaries said to be shorter than primaries in present species, but of equal length in Megapodius; breeding habits differ from those of most members of Megapodius. Monotypic.
Distribution: Moluccas, from Halmahera S to Buru and Seram; Misool I (off NW New Guinea).
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A bird walking on the beach to lay her eggs in the black volcano sand. Locality Galela Beach, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 14 August 2009 48 weeks ago 41 sec 4 -
A bird walking on a beach at night. Locality Galibi, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 14 August 2009 48 weeks ago 39 sec 3.8 -
A presumed female visiting a beach to lay eggs at night. Locality Galibi, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 14 August 2009 48 weeks ago 30 sec 3.5 -
A bird at a beach at night. Locality Galibi, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 14 August 2009 48 weeks ago 25 sec 3.5
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One of several birds seen after dark, near Tobelo.
Locality Tobelo, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 17 October 2011 23 weeks ago 3.7
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