Orange-footed Scrub Fowl

This species comprises five subspecies found on many islands in Wallacea as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken and dark-coloured with strong orange legs and a pointed crest at the back of the head. It utilises a range of forest and scrub habitats and has colonised many small islands throughout its range. In general, populations seem to be stable and the conservation status of the species is considered to be of Least Concern.

The Orange-footed Scrub Fowl is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

orange-footed scrub fowl, which builds the largest nest of any bird, consisting of a huge pile of dead leaves, inside which it lays up to two dozen eggs, which are incubated by heat from the rotting vegetation. Plants that can be seen on this trail include idiot fruit, an extremely rare tree, the seeds of which are so toxic that nothing will eat them. They are so little dispersed that they grow only in a limited number of places. More

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Marina Strocchi's Orange-footed scrub fowl 2007 is part of Northern Editions latest exhibition, Marina Strocchi and Wayne Eager - new etchings and lithographs. More

The Orange-footed Scrub Fowl is a large fowl with a small head. It has a short crest and bare patch of yellow skin round the eye. The legs and feet are orange. More

The orange-footed scrub fowl is a small megapode belonging to the family Megapodiidae. Physical Description It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken, about 40 centimeters from head to tail. They are dark-colored with strong orange legs and a pointed crest at the back of the head. Their breast is a sooty brown color and turns to more of a burnt orange around the largest part of their body. More

orange-footed scrub fowl and numerous reptiles, some of which are considered endangered. It is also a feeding and nesting area for the pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor) (further information is available from the Nelly Bay Bird Habitat Reserve Interpretative Centre). This pigeon nests in the upper canopy trees and feeds on the fleshy rainforest fruits below. The pigeons digest the pulps around the seeds and then pass undigested seed through the gut. The undigested seeds germinate in the nutrient-rich moist leaf litter mulch. More

The orange-footed scrub fowl turns over the leaf litter in search of insects and builds extensive nest mounds of leaf litter, earth and sand on the creek bank. The scrub fowls are dark, small- headed ground birds with a short crest and powerful orange legs and feet. They call to each other in a raucous loud voice as they work back and forth through the Littoral scrub. More

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