Megapodius

'Megapodius' is dark and flavorless, being a mass of hard muscle and sinew. birds, which may be called game, are not numerous.

Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Frank Jardine 1880

Additionally, one species not listed in Table 2 is Nicobar scrubfowl (Megapodius nicobariensis), which used to live in both the Andamans and Nicobars but is now found only in the latter.

Andaman Islands rain forests 2008

It also provides habitat for the endangered Marianas megapode (Megapodius laperouse laperouse), and the skink Emoia slevini, which was formerly known only from Guam, Rota, and Tinian.

Marianas tropical dry forests 2008

Birds includes herons Egretta sacra, stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis, collared scops owl Otus bakkamoena, white bellied swiftlet Collocalia esculenta, pygmy swiftlet C. troglodytes, scrub-hen Megapodius freycinet cumingii and sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster.

Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines 2008

Some 72 species of birds have been recorded, including yellow-crested cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea (V), noisy friar bird Philemon buceroides and common scrubhen Megapodius freycinet.

Komodo National Park, Indonesia 2008

The vulnerable Moluccan scrubfowl (Megapodius wallacei) is also found on Buru and Halmahera.

Seram rain forests 2008

Two of the endemics are threatened (VU or above) (Megapodius nicobariensis, Hypsipetes nicobariensis).

Nicobar Islands rain forests 2008

Protected Areas Two protected areas on New Britain contain nearly all of the lowland birds, including nesting sites of the Melanesian scrubfowl (Megapodius eremita): Pokili (98 square kilometers (km2)) and Garu Wildlife Management Areas (87 km2).

New Britain-New Ireland lowland rain forests 2008

** Megapodius nicobariensis is currently limited to the ecoregion but was formerly found in the Andamans as well.

Nicobar Islands rain forests 2008

In total 16 restricted-range species are found in Palau, and one of these, the Micronesian scrubfowl (Megapodius laperouse) is considered endangered.

Palau tropical moist forests 2007