Dusky megapode Dusky megapode The dusky megapode or dusky scrubfowl ("Megapodius freycinet") is a medium-sized (about 41 cm long), blackish bird with a short pointed crest, bare red facial skin, dark legs, brown irises, and dark brown and yellow bill. The male and female are similar. This terrestrial species lives in forests and swamps, including mangroves, of the Maluku and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia. Like other megapodes, it lays its eggs in a mound made from earth mixed with leaves, sand, gravel, and sticks, as big as in diameter and stand nearly tall. Many authorities include the Biak scrubfowl as a
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