- Megapodius tenimberensis
Identification
It is the size of a domestic chicken.
Distribution
Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia.
Taxonomy
It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt.
Habitat
Forest and scrub.
Behaviour
Terrestrial.
Diet
The diet includes seeds, fallen fruit and terrestrial invertebrates.
Breeding
It nests in large mounds of sand, leaf litter and other debris where the heat generated by the decomposition of organic material incubates the eggs.
