Tanimbar Scrubfowl

It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken, which is found in a range of forest and scrub habitats.

The Tanimbar Scrubfowl is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

Tanimbar Scrubfowl Megapodius tenimberensis Sclater 1883 Indonesia: Tanimbar Island split from: Megapodius reinwardt insert after: Megapodius bernsteinii D.N. Jones, Ren More

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look at Tanimbar Scrubfowl (RE) but nothing else new for the trip. August 9 – This was our last full day on Yamdena. We again left the hotel about 0245 and arrived at our “owl spot” about 0500. On the way in, about 5 km from where we got on the logging truck and the bad road starts, I saw something fly through the halo of the truck’s headlights. More

The ` Tanimbar Scrubfowl`, `Megapodius tenimberensis`, is a small megapode endemic to the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Orange-footed Scrubfowl, `Megapodius reinwardt`. It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken, which is found in a range of forest and scrub habitats. It feeds on seeds, fallen fruit and terrestrial invertebrates. More

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Tanimbar Scrubfowl Megapodius tenimberensis = Described by: Sclater, P. L. (1883) Alternate common name(s): Tanimbar Megapode Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs No photographs are available for this species Range Tanimbar Is. in the Banda Sea; Ex. More