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The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae. Their name literally means "large foot" and is a reference to the heavy legs and feet typical of these terrestrial birds. All are browsers, and all except the malleefowl occupy wooded habitats. Most are brown or black in color. Megapodes are superprecocial, hatching from their eggs in the most mature condition of any bird. They hatch with open eyes, bodily coordination and strength, full wing feathers, and downy body feathers, and are able to run, pursue prey and, in some species, fly on the day they hatch.

Megapode - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Family of birds Not to be confused with Macropod , kangaroos and similar marsupials. For Megapod Island, see Nicobar Islands . Megapode Female Australian brushturkey ( Alectura lathami ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Megapodiidae Lesson , 1831 Genera Aepypodius Alectura Eulipoa Leipoa Macrocephalon Megapodius Talegalla Brushturkeys can often be found in parks or gardens. The megapodes , also known as incubator birds or mound-builders , are stocky, med

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