New Guinea Scrubfowl

New Guinea Scrubfowl
New Guinea Scrubfowl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Megapodius
Species: M. affinis
Binomial name
Megapodius affinis
Meyer, 1874

The New Guinea Scrubfowl (Megapodius affinis) is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The scientific name for this species is sometimes referred as M. decollatus (Oustalet, 1878)

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