Maleo

Macrocephalon maleo - Mégapode maléo

Mégapode maléo
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Mégapodiidés

  • Genus
    :

    Macrocephalon

  • Species
    :

    maleo

Descriptor

Müller, S, 1846

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 55 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 1389 à 1758 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mégapode maléo
adult

Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Mégapode maléo,
  • Talégalo maleo,
  • peru-do-mato-de-capacete,
  • Hammerhuhn,
  • kalapácsfejű tyúk,
  • Hamerhoen,
  • Maleo,
  • maleohöna,
  • Hammerovnhøne,
  • tabon prilbatý,
  • tabon přílbový,
  • Hammerhøne,
  • vasarapääkana,
  • talègol Maleo,
  • nogal hełmiasty,
  • Малео,
  • Maleo senkawor,
  • セレベスツカツクリ,
  • 塚雉,
  • 蘇拉威西塚雉,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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