Orange-footed scrubfowl

Orange-footed scrubfowl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Megapodius
Species:
M. reinwardt
Binomial name
Megapodius reinwardt
Dumont, 1823
Subspecies
  • M. r. buruensis (Stresemann, 1914)
  • M. r. castanonotus (Mayr, 1938)
  • M. r. reinwardt (Dumont, 1823)
  • M. r. macgillivrayi (GR Gray, 1862)
  • M. r. tumulus (Gould, 1842)
  • M. r. yorki (Mathews, 1929)

The orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), also known as orange-footed megapode or just scrubfowl, is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae native to many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Megapodius reinwardt". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22734302A95081879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734302A95081879.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.