ఆస్ట్రేలియా యొక్క పెద్ద అడుగుల చిన్న-వింగ్ పక్షులు; గుడ్డు ఉన్నప్పుడు క్షీణించిన వృక్షాలు ఒక మట్టిదిబ్బ బిల్డ్,

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Comparison of Australian megapodes showed that Progura was closely related to the living malleefowl (Leipoa.

than to ducks, and includes all modern chickens, turkeys, pheasants, and megapodes, as well as extinct species that do not fall within the crown group Galliformes.

species such as sea turtles and giant forms of terrestrial birds such as megapodes, doves, and rails.

for various wader species, as well as being home to megapodes.

exist between enantiornithines and megapodes (e.

But this species was huge, one of the largest megapodes known to date and far exceeding M.

As with other megapodes, it nests in large mounds of sand, leaf litter and other debris where.

, enantiornithines were arboreal and not mound-nesters), megapodes represent the precocial extreme in.

The Nicobar Islands are on the edge of the distribution of megapodes, well separated from the nearest ranges of other megapode species.

It is distinguishable from other extant megapodes by its large size, though it is smaller than the extinct giant malleefowl.

, enantiornithines were arboreal and not mound-nesters), megapodes represent the precocial extreme in extant neornithines and.

Like other megapodes, it lays its eggs in a mound made from earth mixed with leaves, sand,.

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.