Nicobar Scrubfowl

Nicobar Scrubfowl

Taxobox
name = Nicobar Megapode
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Megapodiidae
genus = "Megapodius"
species = "M. nicobariensis"
binomial = "Megapodius nicobariensis"
binomial_authority = Blyth, 1846
The Nicobar Megapode or Nicobar Scrubfowl ("Megapodius nicobariensis") is a megapode found in some of the Nicobar Islands.

They have been found to feed on the seeds of "Macaranga peltata" to a large extent followed by insects, snails, crustaceans and reptiles. [Sivakumar, K. & Sankaran R. (2005) The diet of the Nicobar Megapode ("Megapodius nicobariensis") in Great Nicobar Island. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 102(1):105-106]

Notes

References

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=117&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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