How To Use Megapode In A Sentence
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Instead of using body heat to directly incubate eggs, megapodes passively incubate eggs.
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The megapodes bury their eggs in relatively isolated pockets, where the conditions are right for incubation, making them susceptible to humans and other predators.
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For birdwatchers, several hundred species call India home, including the rare narcondum hornbill, megapode, and griffon vulture.
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And some megapodes do take advantage of geothermal heat in volcanic soil to do this.
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All megapode species, except the Malleefowl, live in tropical humid broadleaf forests.
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What sets megapodes apart from these game birds is their extraordinary breeding behavior.
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For some megapodes, two brothers cooperate to help a female build her mound.
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Some megapodes place their eggs in shallow pits or burrows to be warmed geothermally or with sun-warmed sand.
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Polynesian Megapodes appear to be monogamous, as indicated by their strong site- and partner-fidelity for extended periods.
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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.
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All megapode species, except the Malleefowl, live in tropical humid broadleaf forests.
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Laid in burrows or under mounds, megapode eggs are incubated by the warmth of the sun, rotting vegetation, or volcanic vents.
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Megapodes are omnivores, known to eat plant material, invertebrates and small vertebrates.