New Guinea Megapode
Megapodius decollatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The New Guinea scrubfowl or New Guinea megapode is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in New Guinea, mostly in the northern half. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was formerly known as Megapodius affinis but Roselaar, 1994 showed that Megapodius affinis A. B. Meyer, 1874 refers to M. reinwardt.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Megapodiidae
- Genus
- Megapodius