Philippine megapode
Species of bird
Philippine megapode | |
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M. c. gilbertii in Indonesia | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Megapodiidae |
Genus: | Megapodius |
Species: | M. cumingii |
Binomial name | |
Megapodius cumingii Dillwyn, 1853[2] | |
Subspecies | |
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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. The species was named after the collector Hugh Cuming.
Description
It has a brown back and a blue-grey front. It has bare vermillion skin round its eyes.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Megapodius cumingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678588A92780215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678588A92780215.en.
- ^ 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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