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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Големокраки кокошки – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Големокраки кокошки" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megap%C3%B2dids" title="Megapòdids – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Megapòdids" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%C4%83_%D1%87%C4%83%D1%85_(%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Патвар ураллă чăх (ямахат) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Патвар ураллă чăх (ямахат)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabonovit%C3%AD" title="Tabonovití – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tabonovití" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Ffu%C3%9Fh%C3%BChner" title="Großfußhühner – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Großfußhühner" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihukanalased" title="Rihukanalased – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rihukanalased" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Μεγαποδιίδες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μεγαποδιίδες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodo" title="Megapodo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Megapodo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%BA_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="مرغ پابزرگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرغ پابزرگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3rchosach" title="Mórchosach – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Mórchosach" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapod%C3%ADidos" title="Megapodíidos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Megapodíidos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EA%B1%B0%ED%8F%AC%EB%93%9C%EA%B3%BC" title="메거포드과 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메거포드과" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%80" title="महापद पक्षी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="महापद पक्षी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko%C5%A1ine" title="Kokošine – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kokošine" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1leggjah%C3%A6nsn" title="Háleggjahænsn – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Háleggjahænsn" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="דגרתיליים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דגרתיליים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="დიდფეხა ქათმები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დიდფეხა ქათმები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%D2%9B%D1%82%D1%8B_%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%8B%D2%9B%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Үлкенаяқты тауықтар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Үлкенаяқты тауықтар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surnati_(Megapodiidae)" title="Surnati (Megapodiidae) – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Surnati (Megapodiidae)" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BB_%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Бырындычыл тооктор – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бырындычыл тооктор" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Did%C5%BEiakojiniai" title="Didžiakojiniai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Didžiakojiniai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81s%C3%B3ty%C3%BAkf%C3%A9l%C3%A9k" title="Ásótyúkfélék – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ásótyúkfélék" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D" title="മെഗാപോഡ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മെഗാപോഡ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87" title="شقبانيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شقبانيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambun_(burung)" title="Tambun (burung) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tambun (burung)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grootpoothoenders" title="Grootpoothoenders – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Grootpoothoenders" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%84%E3%82%AB%E3%83%84%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E7%A7%91" title="ツカツクリ科 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ツカツクリ科" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapodiidae" title="Megapodiidae – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Megapodiidae" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovnh%C3%B8ns" title="Ovnhøns – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ovnhøns" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnh%C3%B8ns" title="Omnhøns – 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title="Alectura">Alectura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eulipoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Eulipoa">Eulipoa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leipoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Leipoa">Leipoa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macrocephalon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macrocephalon">Macrocephalon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Megapodius" class="mw-redirect" title="Megapodius">Megapodius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talegalla" title="Talegalla">Talegalla</a></i></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Australian_brushturkey_%28Alectura_lathami%29_female_head_Atherton.jpg/500px-Australian_brushturkey_%28Alectura_lathami%29_female_head_Atherton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2603" data-file-height="3904" /></a><figcaption>Brushturkeys can often be found in parks or gardens.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>megapodes</b>, also known as <b>incubator birds</b> or <b>mound-builders</b>, are stocky, medium-large, <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">chicken</a>-like <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a> with small heads and large feet in the family <b>Megapodiidae</b>. Their name literally means "large foot" and is a reference to the heavy legs and feet typical of these <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_animal" title="Terrestrial animal">terrestrial</a> birds. All are <a href="/wiki/Browsing_(predation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Browsing (predation)">browsers</a>, and all except the <a href="/wiki/Malleefowl" title="Malleefowl">malleefowl</a> occupy <a href="/wiki/Woodland" title="Woodland">wooded</a> habitats. Most are brown or black in color. Megapodes are <a href="/wiki/Superprecocial" class="mw-redirect" title="Superprecocial">superprecocial</a>, hatching from their eggs in the most mature condition of any bird. They hatch with open eyes, bodily coordination and strength, full wing feathers, and downy body feathers, and are able to run, pursue prey and, in some species, fly on the day they hatch.<sup id="cite_ref-Starck-Ricklefs-1998_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starck-Ricklefs-1998-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the Greek <span title="Greek languages collective text"><span lang="grk">μέγας</span></span> (<span title="Greek languages romanization"><i lang="grk-Latn">mégas</i></span> = <i>great</i>) and <span title="Greek languages collective text"><span lang="grk">πούς</span></span>, (<span title="Greek languages romanization"><i lang="grk-Latn">poús</i></span> = <i>foot</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Megapodes are medium-sized to large terrestrial birds with large legs and feet with sharp claws. Megapodes are of three kinds: scrub fowl, brush turkeys, and mallee fowl or lowan. The largest members of the <a href="/wiki/Clade" title="Clade">clade</a> are the species of <i><a href="/wiki/Alectura" class="mw-redirect" title="Alectura">Alectura</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Talegalla" title="Talegalla">Talegalla</a></i>. The smallest are the <a href="/wiki/Micronesian_scrubfowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Micronesian scrubfowl">Micronesian scrubfowl</a> (<i>Megapodius laperouse</i>) and the <a href="/wiki/Moluccan_scrubfowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Moluccan scrubfowl">Moluccan scrubfowl</a> (<i>Eulipoa wallacei</i>). They have small heads, short beaks, and rounded and large wings. Their flying abilities vary within the clade. They present the <a href="/wiki/Hallux#In_other_animals" class="mw-redirect" title="Hallux">hallux</a> at the same level of the other toes just like the species of the clade <a href="/wiki/Cracidae" title="Cracidae">Cracidae</a>. The other <a href="/wiki/Galliformes" title="Galliformes">Galliformes</a> have their halluces raised above the level of the front toes.<sup id="cite_ref-delHoyo-Elliott-Sargatal-1994_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delHoyo-Elliott-Sargatal-1994-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_and_habitat">Distribution and habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Distribution and habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Megapodes are found in the broader <a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australasian</a> region, including islands in the western <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, and the islands of <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> east of the <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Line" title="Wallace Line">Wallace Line</a>, but also the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_Islands" title="Andaman Islands">Andaman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicobar_Islands" title="Nicobar Islands">Nicobar Islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a>. The distribution of the family has contracted in the Pacific with the arrival of humans, and a number of island groups such as <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a> have lost many or all of their species. <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Island" title="Raoul Island">Raoul Island</a>, a New Zealand territory and the main island of the <a href="/wiki/Kermadec_Islands" title="Kermadec Islands">Kermadec Islands</a>, may also have once had a species of megapode, based on settler accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-Steadman-2006_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steadman-2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behaviour_and_ecology">Behaviour and ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Behaviour and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg/250px-Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg/375px-Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg/500px-Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Australian brushturkey on its mound</figcaption></figure> <p>Megapodes are mainly solitary birds that do not incubate their eggs with their body heat as other birds do, but bury them. Their eggs are unusual in having a large yolk, making up 50–70% of the egg weight.<sup id="cite_ref-Starck-Sutter-2000_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starck-Sutter-2000-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The birds are best known for building massive nest mounds of decaying vegetation, which the male attends, adding or removing litter to regulate the internal heat while the eggs develop. However, some bury their eggs in other ways; there are burrow-nesters which use geothermal heat, and others which simply rely on the heat of the sun warming the sand. Some species vary their incubation strategy depending on the local environment.<sup id="cite_ref-Steadman-2006_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steadman-2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the <a href="/wiki/Australian_brushturkey" title="Australian brushturkey">Australian brushturkey</a> was thought to exhibit <a href="/wiki/Temperature-dependent_sex_determination" title="Temperature-dependent sex determination">temperature-dependent sex determination</a>, this was later proven false;<sup id="cite_ref-Göth-Booth-2005-03-22_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Göth-Booth-2005-03-22-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> temperature does, however, affect embryo mortality and resulting offspring sex ratios. The nonsocial nature of their incubation raises questions as to how the hatchlings come to recognise other members of their species, which is due to <a href="/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)" title="Imprinting (psychology)">imprinting</a> in other members of the order <a href="/wiki/Galliformes" title="Galliformes">Galliformes</a>. Research suggests an instinctive visual recognition of specific movement patterns is made by the individual species of megapode.<sup id="cite_ref-Göth-Evans-2004_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Göth-Evans-2004-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malleefowl_Pengo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Malleefowl_Pengo.svg/250px-Malleefowl_Pengo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Malleefowl_Pengo.svg/500px-Malleefowl_Pengo.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="294" /></a><figcaption>This cross-section of a megapode mound shows a layer of sand (up to 1 m thick) used for insulation, an egg chamber, and a layer of rotting <a href="/wiki/Compost" title="Compost">compost</a>. The egg chamber is kept at a constant 33°C by opening and closing air vents in the insulation layer, while heat comes from the compost below.</figcaption></figure> <p>Megapode chicks do not have an <a href="/wiki/Egg_tooth" title="Egg tooth">egg tooth</a>; they use their powerful claws to break out of the egg, and then tunnel their way up to the surface of the mound, lying on their backs and scratching at the sand and vegetable matter. Similar to other <a href="/wiki/Superprecocial" class="mw-redirect" title="Superprecocial">superprecocial</a> birds, they hatch fully feathered and active, already able to fly and live independently from their parents.<sup id="cite_ref-Starck-Sutter-2000_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starck-Sutter-2000-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In megapodes superprecociality apparently evolved secondarily from brooding and at least loose parental care as more typical in Galliformes.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris-Birks-Leaché-2014_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-Birks-Leaché-2014-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eggs previously assigned to <i><a href="/wiki/Genyornis" title="Genyornis">Genyornis</a></i> have been reassigned to giant megapode species. Some dietary and chronological data previously assigned to <a href="/wiki/Dromornithidae" title="Dromornithidae">dromornithids</a> may instead be assigned to the giant megapodes.<sup id="cite_ref-Worthy-2016-01-13_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Worthy-2016-01-13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Megapodes share some similarities to the extinct <a href="/wiki/Enantiornithes" title="Enantiornithes">enantiornithes</a> in terms of their superprecocial life cycle, though also several differences.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Species">Species</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The more than 20 living species are placed in seven genera. Although the evolutionary relationships between the Megapodiidae are especially uncertain, the morphological groups are clear:<sup id="cite_ref-Birks-Edwards-2002_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birks-Edwards-2002-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phylogeny">Phylogeny</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Phylogeny"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #ccc; vertical-align: middle; width: 248px; margin:0.2em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 5px"> <div class="clade"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261294616">body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output div.clade,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade{overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden}body.skin-minerva 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p{padding-left:5px;padding-right:2px}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkA{background-color:yellow}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkB{background-color:green}</style> <table class="clade" style="font-size:100%;line-height:80%;width:550px;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first">Megapodiidae </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Macrocephalon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macrocephalon">Macrocephalon</a></i> – maleo </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Eulipoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Eulipoa">Eulipoa</a></i> – Moluccan megapode </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Megapodius" class="mw-redirect" title="Megapodius">Megapodius</a></i> – scrubfowl (12 species) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Leipoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Leipoa">Leipoa</a></i> – malleefowl </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><a href="/wiki/Talegalla" title="Talegalla">Talegalla</a> – brushturkeys (3 species) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Alectura" class="mw-redirect" title="Alectura">Alectura</a></i> – Australian brushturkey </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Aepypodius" title="Aepypodius">Aepypodius</a></i> – brushturkeys (2 species) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left; font-size: 88%; border: 0; padding: 0;">Phylogeny of the Megapodiidae based a study by Chen, Hosner, Dittmann, <i>et al</i>. (2021).<sup id="cite_ref-Chen-Hosner-etal-2021_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chen-Hosner-etal-2021-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The numbers of species are from the <a href="/wiki/International_Ornithologists%27_Union" title="International Ornithologists' Union">IOU</a> list by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gill_(ornithologist)" title="Frank Gill (ornithologist)">Gill</a>, Donsker, & <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Rasmussen" class="mw-redirect" title="Pamela Rasmussen">Rasmussen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gill-Donsker-Rasmussen-2021-07_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gill-Donsker-Rasmussen-2021-07-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Genus †<i><a href="/wiki/Mwalau" title="Mwalau">Mwalau</a></i> <small>Worthy et al. 2015</small> <ul><li>†<i><a href="/wiki/Mwalau_walterlinii" class="mw-redirect" title="Mwalau walterlinii">Mwalau walterlinii</a></i> <small>Worthy et al. 2015</small> (Vanuatu)</li></ul></li> <li>Genus †<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ngawupodius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ngawupodius (page does not exist)">Ngawupodius</a></i> <small>Boles & Ivison 1999</small> <ul><li>†<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ngawupodius_minya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ngawupodius minya (page does not exist)">Ngawupodius minya</a></i> <small>Boles & Ivison 1999</small></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Scrubfowl" title="Scrubfowl">Scrubfowl group</a></b> <ul><li>Genus: <i>Macrocephalon</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maleo" title="Maleo">Maleo</a>, <i>Macrocephalon maleo</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus: <i><a href="/wiki/Eulipoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Eulipoa">Eulipoa</a></i> (sometimes included in <i>Megapodius</i>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moluccan_megapode" title="Moluccan megapode">Moluccan megapode</a>, <i>Eulipoa wallacei</i>.</li></ul></li> <li>Genus: <i><a href="/wiki/Megapodius" class="mw-redirect" title="Megapodius">Megapodius</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_megapode" title="Tongan megapode">Tongan megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius pritchardii</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesian_megapode" title="Micronesian megapode">Micronesian megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius laperouse</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marianas_Island_megapode" class="mw-redirect" title="Marianas Island megapode">Marianas Island megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius laperouse laperouse</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palau_Island_megapode" class="mw-redirect" title="Palau Island megapode">Palau Island megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius laperouse senex</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicobar_megapode" title="Nicobar megapode">Nicobar megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius nicobariensis</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_megapode" title="Philippine megapode">Philippine megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius cumingii</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sula_megapode" title="Sula megapode">Sula megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius bernsteinii</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanimbar_megapode" title="Tanimbar megapode">Tanimbar megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius tenimberensis</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusky_megapode" title="Dusky megapode">Dusky megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius freycinet</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forsten%27s_megapode" class="mw-redirect" title="Forsten's megapode">Forsten's megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius (freycinet) forstenii</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biak_scrubfowl" title="Biak scrubfowl">Biak scrubfowl</a>, <i>Megapodius geelvinkianus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanesian_megapode" title="Melanesian megapode">Melanesian megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius eremita</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu_megapode" title="Vanuatu megapode">Vanuatu megapode</a>, <i>Megapodius layardi</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_scrubfowl" title="New Guinea scrubfowl">New Guinea scrubfowl</a>, <i>Megapodius decollatus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange-footed_scrubfowl" title="Orange-footed scrubfowl">Orange-footed scrubfowl</a>, <i>Megapodius reinwardt</i></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Pile-builder_scrubfowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Pile-builder scrubfowl">Pile-builder scrubfowl</a>, <i>Megapodius molistructor</i> <small>Balouet & Olson 1989</small></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Viti_Levu_scrubfowl" title="Viti Levu scrubfowl">Viti Levu scrubfowl</a>, <i>Megapodius amissus</i> <small>Worthy 2000</small></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Consumed_scrubfowl" title="Consumed scrubfowl">Consumed scrubfowl</a>, <i>Megapodius alimentum</i> <small>Steatman 1989a</small></li> <li>†<i>M. andamanensis</i> <small>Walter 1980 nomen dubium</small> [oospecies]</li> <li>†<i>M. burnabyi</i> <small>Gray 1861 nomen dubium</small> [oospecies]</li> <li>†Raoul Island scrubfowl, <i>M. sp.</i></li> <li>†'Eua scrubfowl (small-footed megapode), <i>M. sp.</i></li> <li>†Lifuka scrubfowl, <i>M. sp.</i></li> <li>†Stout Tongan megapode, <i>M. sp.</i></li> <li>†Large Solomon Islands megapode, <i>M. sp.</i></li> <li>†New Caledonia megapode, <i>M. sp.</i></li> <li>†Loyalty megapode, <i>M. sp.</i></li> <li>†New Ireland scrubfowl (large Bismarck's megapode), <i>M. sp.</i></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Malleefowl" title="Malleefowl">Malleefowl</a>, group</b> <ul><li>Genus: <i>Leipoa</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malleefowl" title="Malleefowl">Malleefowl</a>, <i>Leipoa ocellata</i></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Brushturkey" title="Brushturkey">Brushturkey group</a></b> <ul><li>Genus: <i>Alectura</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_brushturkey" title="Australian brushturkey">Australian brushturkey</a>, <i>Alectura lathami</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus: <i><a href="/wiki/Aepypodius" title="Aepypodius">Aepypodius</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wattled_brushturkey" title="Wattled brushturkey">Wattled brushturkey</a>, <i>Aepypodius arfakianus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waigeo_brushturkey" title="Waigeo brushturkey">Waigeo brushturkey</a>, <i>Aepypodius bruijnii</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus: <i><a href="/wiki/Talegalla" title="Talegalla">Talegalla</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red-billed_brushturkey" title="Red-billed brushturkey">Red-billed brushturkey</a>, <i>Talegalla cuvieri</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-billed_brushturkey" title="Black-billed brushturkey">Black-billed brushturkey</a>, <i>Talegalla fuscirostris</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collared_brushturkey" title="Collared brushturkey">Collared brushturkey</a>, <i>Talegalla jobiensis</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus: †<i><a href="/wiki/Progura" class="mw-redirect" title="Progura">Progura</a></i> <ul><li><i>Progura gallinacea</i> – Queensland, Pleistocene</li> <li><i>Progura campestris</i> – South Australia, Pleistocene</li></ul></li> <li>Genus: †<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latagallina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Latagallina (page does not exist)">Latagallina</a></i> <ul><li><i>Latagallina naracoortensis</i> formerly <i>Progura naracoortensis</i> – New South Wales, South Australia, Pleistocene</li> <li><i>Latagallina olsoni</i> – South Australia, Pleistocene</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Incertae_sedis" title="Incertae sedis">Incertae sedis</a></i> <ul><li>Genus: †<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garrdimalga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garrdimalga (page does not exist)">Garrdimalga</a></i> <ul><li><i>Garrdimalga mcnamarai</i> – South Australia, Pleistocene</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_uses">Human uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Human uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In their native <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>, indigenous peoples protect their nesting sites, as their eggs are considered to be delicacies.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their eggs are about twice the size of chicken eggs and the yolks are roughly four times as massive.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recently_extinct_birds" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recently extinct birds">List of recently extinct birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_Quaternary_prehistoric_birds" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Quaternary prehistoric birds">Late Quaternary prehistoric birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fossil_bird_genera" title="List of fossil bird genera">List of fossil bird genera</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> "These feather traces and the plumage in HPG-15-1 strongly suggest that members of the Enantiornithes were born fully fledged and capable of flight soon after hatching, somewhat resembling the super-precocial megapodes, the only group of neornithines in which neonates are similarly born fledged and capable of flight (Zhou and Zhang, 2004; Jones and Göth, 2008; Xing et al., 2017). Megapodes do not fly immediately, requiring nearly two days to dig themselves out of their mounds during which they preen off their feather sheaths and let their feathers dry (Jones and Göth, 2008). Similarly, hatchling enantiornithines would have had to wait until their feather sheaths were removed and their feathers dry before attempting flight. Although ecological and behavioural differences clearly exist between enantiornithines and megapodes (e.g., enantiornithines were arboreal and not mound-nesters), megapodes represent the precocial extreme in extant neornithines and thus the closest analogue for enantiornithine development, for which all evidence indicates a form of extreme precociality (Elzanowski, 1981; Zhou and Zhang, 2004; Xing et al., 2017)."<sup id="cite_ref-OConnor-Falk-etal-2020-01-03_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OConnor-Falk-etal-2020-01-03-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megapode&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Starck-Ricklefs-1998-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Starck-Ricklefs-1998_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStarck,_J.M.Ricklefs,_R.E.1998" class="citation book cs1">Starck, J.M. & Ricklefs, R.E. 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Lynx Edicions. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-84-87334-15-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-84-87334-15-3"><bdi>978-84-87334-15-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+of+the+Birds+of+the+World&rft.pub=Lynx+Edicions&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-84-87334-15-3&rft.aulast=del+Hoyo&rft.aufirst=J.&rft.au=Elliott%2C+A.&rft.au=Sargatal%2C+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhandbookofbirdso0001unse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMegapode" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Steadman-2006-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Steadman-2006_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steadman-2006_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSteadman2006" class="citation book cs1">Steadman, D. 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racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">Falconry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pheasantry" title="Pheasantry">Pheasantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imping" title="Imping">Imping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oology" title="Oology">Egg collecting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_birds" title="List of birds">Families and orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bird_genera" title="List of bird genera">Genera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_bird_terms" title="Glossary of bird terms">Glossary of bird terms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_by_population" title="List of birds by population">List by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_birds_by_region" title="Lists of birds by region">Lists by region</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Neornithes10" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Neornithes</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Palaeognathae421" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palaeognathae" title="Palaeognathae">Palaeognathae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Struthionidae" title="Struthionidae">Struthioniformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(ostriches)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rheidae" title="Rheidae">Rheiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(rheas)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinamou" title="Tinamou">Tinamiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(tinamous)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiwi_(bird)" title="Kiwi (bird)">Apterygiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(kiwis)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casuariiformes" title="Casuariiformes">Casuariiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(emus and cassowaries)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="margin:-2.5em;display: inline-block; transform: rotate(-90deg);"><a href="/wiki/Neognathae" title="Neognathae">Neognathae</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Galloanserae(fowls)1694" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="margin:0 -2.5em 0 -3em;display: inline-block; transform: rotate(-90deg);"><a href="/wiki/Galloanserae" class="mw-redirect" title="Galloanserae">Galloanserae</a></span><span style="margin: -1em;display: inline-block; transform: rotate(-90deg);"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Fowl" title="Fowl">fowls</a>)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anseriformes" title="Anseriformes">Anseriformes</a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(waterfowls)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anatidae" title="Anatidae">Anatidae</a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Duck" title="Duck">ducks</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anatinae" title="Anatinae">Anatinae</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diving_duck" title="Diving duck">Aythyini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mergini" title="Mergini">Mergini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxyurini" title="Oxyurini">Oxyurini</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anserinae" title="Anserinae">Anserinae</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swan" title="Swan"><span style="font-size: 85%;">swans</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose" title="Goose"><span style="font-size: 85%;">true geese</span></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whistling_duck" title="Whistling duck">Dendrocygninae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freckled_duck" title="Freckled duck">Stictonettinae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadorninae" title="Tadorninae">Tadorninae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anhimidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Anhimidae">Anhimidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Horned_screamer" title="Horned screamer">Anhima</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chauna" title="Chauna">Chauna</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anseranatidae" title="Anseranatidae">Anseranatidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Magpie_goose" title="Magpie goose">Anseranas</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Galliformes" title="Galliformes">Galliformes</a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Landfowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Landfowl">landfowls</a>-</span> <br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Gamebirds" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamebirds">gamebirds</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cracidae" title="Cracidae">Cracidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cracinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cracinae">Cracinae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oreophasinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Oreophasinae">Oreophasinae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penelopinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Penelopinae">Penelopinae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Megapodidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Megapodidae">Megapodidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aepypodius" title="Aepypodius">Aepypodius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alectura" class="mw-redirect" title="Alectura">Alectura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eulipoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Eulipoa">Eulipoa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leipoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Leipoa">Leipoa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macrocephalon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macrocephalon">Macrocephalon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Megapodius" class="mw-redirect" title="Megapodius">Megapodius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talegalla" title="Talegalla">Talegalla</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Numididae" class="mw-redirect" title="Numididae">Numididae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Vulturine_guineafowl" title="Vulturine guineafowl">Acryllium</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agelastes" title="Agelastes">Agelastes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guttera" title="Guttera">Guttera</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Numida" class="mw-redirect" title="Numida">Numida</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Odontophoridae" class="mw-redirect" title="Odontophoridae">Odontophoridae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Callipepla" title="Callipepla">Callipepla</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colinus" title="Colinus">Colinus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cyrtonyx" title="Cyrtonyx">Cyrtonyx</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dactylortyx" class="mw-redirect" title="Dactylortyx">Dactylortyx</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dendrortyx" title="Dendrortyx">Dendrortyx</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Odontophorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Odontophorus">Odontophorus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oreortyx" class="mw-redirect" title="Oreortyx">Oreortyx</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philortyx" class="mw-redirect" title="Philortyx">Philortyx</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rhynchortyx" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhynchortyx">Rhynchortyx</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Phasianidae" title="Phasianidae">Phasianidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meleagridinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Meleagridinae">Meleagridinae <span style="font-size: 85%;">(turkeys)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perdicinae" title="Perdicinae">Perdicinae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phasianinae" title="Phasianinae">Phasianinae <span style="font-size: 85%;">(pheasants and relatives)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grouse" title="Grouse">Tetraoninae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neoaves" title="Neoaves">Neoaves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Columbea" title="Columbea">Columbea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Columbimorphae" title="Columbimorphae">Columbimorphae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbidae" title="Columbidae">Columbiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(doves and pigeons)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesite" title="Mesite">Mesitornithiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(mesites)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandgrouse" title="Sandgrouse">Pterocliformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(sandgrouse)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mirandornithes" title="Mirandornithes">Mirandornithes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flamingo" title="Flamingo">Phoenicopteriformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(flamingos)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grebe" title="Grebe">Podicipediformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(grebes)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Passerea" title="Passerea">Passerea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Otidimorphae" title="Otidimorphae">Otidimorphae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuckoo" title="Cuckoo">Cuculiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(cuckoos)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turaco" title="Turaco">Musophagiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(turacos)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bustard" title="Bustard">Otidiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(bustards)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Strisores" title="Strisores">Strisores</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caprimulgiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Caprimulgiformes">Caprimulgiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(nightjars and relatives)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steatornithiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Steatornithiformes">Steatornithiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(oilbirds)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyctibiiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyctibiiformes">Nyctibiiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(potoos)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Podargiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Podargiformes">Podargiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(frogmouths)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegotheliformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegotheliformes">Aegotheliformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(owlet-nightjars)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apodiformes" title="Apodiformes">Apodiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(swifts and hummingbirds)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Opisthocomiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Opisthocomiformes">Opisthocomiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opisthocomidae" title="Opisthocomidae">Opisthocomiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(hoatzins)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cursorimorphae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cursorimorphae">Cursorimorphae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charadriiformes" title="Charadriiformes">Charadriiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(gulls and relatives)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gruiformes" title="Gruiformes">Gruiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(cranes and relatives)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Phaethontimorphae" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaethontimorphae">Phaethontimorphae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tropicbird" title="Tropicbird">Phaethontiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(tropicbirds)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurypygiformes" title="Eurypygiformes">Eurypygiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(kagus and sunbitterns)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aequornithes" title="Aequornithes">Aequornithes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loon" title="Loon">Gaviiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(loons or divers)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penguin" title="Penguin">Sphenisciformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(penguins)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procellariiformes" title="Procellariiformes">Procellariiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(albatrosses and petrels)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stork" title="Stork">Ciconiiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(storks)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suliformes" title="Suliformes">Suliformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(cormorants and relatives)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelecaniformes" title="Pelecaniformes">Pelecaniformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(pelicans and relatives)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australaves" title="Australaves">Australaves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cariamiformes" title="Cariamiformes">Cariamiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(seriemas and relatives)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconiformes" title="Falconiformes">Falconiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(falcons and relatives)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parrot" title="Parrot">Psittaciformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(parrots)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passerine" title="Passerine">Passeriformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(perching birds)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Afroaves" title="Afroaves">Afroaves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accipitriformes" title="Accipitriformes">Accipitriformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(raptors)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owl" title="Owl">Strigiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(owls)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mousebird" title="Mousebird">Coliiformes <span style="font-size: 85%;">(mousebirds)</span></a></li> <li><a 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