The Biak scrubfowl or Biak megapode (Megapodius geelvinkianus) is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found only on the islands of Biak, Mios Korwar, Numfor, Manim and Mios Num in the West Papua region of Indonesia.
^BirdLife International (2021). "Megapodius geelvinkianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22728514A194262692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22728514A194262692.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
diameter and stand nearly 5 m (16 ft) tall. Many authorities include the Biakscrubfowl as a subspecies of this species, but the two are increasingly treated...
The scrubfowl are the genus Megapodius of the mound-builders, stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae...
Biak black flycatcher Biak coucal Biak gerygone Biak leaf warbler Biak lorikeet Biak monarch Biak paradise kingfisher Biak scops owl Biakscrubfowl Biak...
Gray 1847 LC M. f. forsteni Gray 1847 M. f. buruensis Stresemann 1914 Biakscrubfowl Megapodius geelvinkianus Meyer 1874 VU C2a(ii) Micronesian megapode...
complex. The Tabon Cave complex is named after the "Tabon bird" (Tabon scrubfowl, Megapodius cumingii), which deposited thick hard layers of guano during...
)[citation needed] Tabon Cave is named after the "Tabon bird" (Tabon scrubfowl, Megapodius cumingii), which deposited thick hard layers of guano during...
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