Sula megapode Sula megapode The Sula megapode or Sula scrubfowl ("Megapodius bernsteinii") is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found only in the Banggai and Sula Islands between Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, where its habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat destruction. The Sula scrubfowl is a large ground-dwelling bird growing to a length of between . The sexes are similar in appearance, being a uniform reddish-brown colour and having a short, pointed
Moluccan megapode Moluccan megapode The Moluccan megapode ("Eulipoa wallacei"), also known as Wallace's scrubfowl, Moluccan scrubfowl or painted megapode, is a small, approximately 31 cm long, olive-brown megapode. The genus "Eulipoa" is monotypic, but the Moluccan megapode is sometimes placed in "Megapodius" instead. Both sexes are similar with an olive-brown plumage, bluish-grey below, white undertail coverts, brown iris, bare pink facial skin, bluish-yellow bill and dark olive legs. There are light grey stripes on reddish-maroon feathers on its back. The young has brownish plumage, a black bill, legs and hazel iris. An Indonesian endemic, the Moluccan megapode is confined to hill and