Philippine megapode

Philippine megapode
	M. c. gilbertii in Indonesia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Megapodiidae
Genus:	Megapodius
Species:	M. cumingii
Binomial name
	Megapodius cumingii; Dillwyn, 1853
Subspecies
	M. c. dillwyni (Tweeddale, 1878); M. c. gilbertii (G. R. Gray, 1862); M. c. cumingii (Dillwyn, 1853); M. c. pusillus (Tweeddale, 1878); M. c. sanghirensis (Schlegel, 1880); M. c. tabon (Hachisuka, 1931); M. c. talautensis (, 1994);

The Philippine megapode (Megapodius cumingii), also known as the Philippine scrubfowl or the Tabon scrubfowl, is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in northeastern Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Description[]

It has a brown back and a blue-grey front. It has bare vermillion skin round its eyes.

References[]

^ BirdLife International (2012). "Megapodius cumingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url
^ Dillwyn, Lewis Llewelyn (1853) [1851]. "On an undescribed species of Megapodius". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19 (1): 118–120, pl. XXXIX. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1851.tb01142.x.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Megapodius cumingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url

[2] Dillwyn, Lewis Llewelyn (1853) [1851]. "On an undescribed species of Megapodius". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19 (1): 118–120, pl. XXXIX. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1851.tb01142.x.

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Philippine megapode

M. c. gilbertii in Indonesia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Megapodiidae
Genus:	Megapodius
Species:	M. cumingii
Binomial name
*Megapodius cumingii* Dillwyn, 1853^[2]
Subspecies
M. c. dillwyni (Tweeddale, 1878) M. c. gilbertii (G. R. Gray, 1862) M. c. cumingii (Dillwyn, 1853) M. c. pusillus (Tweeddale, 1878) M. c. sanghirensis (Schlegel, 1880) M. c. tabon (Hachisuka, 1931) M. c. talautensis (, 1994)