How To Use Megapode In A Sentence

Instead of using body heat to directly incubate eggs, megapodes passively incubate eggs.
The megapodes bury their eggs in relatively isolated pockets, where the conditions are right for incubation, making them susceptible to humans and other predators.
For birdwatchers, several hundred species call India home, including the rare narcondum hornbill, megapode, and griffon vulture.
And some megapodes do take advantage of geothermal heat in volcanic soil to do this. Archive 2007-01-01
All megapode species, except the Malleefowl, live in tropical humid broadleaf forests.

What sets megapodes apart from these game birds is their extraordinary breeding behavior.
For some megapodes, two brothers cooperate to help a female build her mound.
Some megapodes place their eggs in shallow pits or burrows to be warmed geothermally or with sun-warmed sand.
Polynesian Megapodes appear to be monogamous, as indicated by their strong site- and partner-fidelity for extended periods.
Then there's the curious megapode, a big-footed bird that is built like a chicken and emits a cry they say sounds just like a cat's.
All megapode species, except the Malleefowl, live in tropical humid broadleaf forests.
Laid in burrows or under mounds, megapode eggs are incubated by the warmth of the sun, rotting vegetation, or volcanic vents.
Megapodes are omnivores, known to eat plant material, invertebrates and small vertebrates.