The Biak scrubfowl or Biak megapode (''Megapodius geelvinkianus'') is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found only on the islands of Biak, Mios Korwar, Numfor,

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Mios Num Mios Num (aka: Num, Indonesian language: ''Pulau Mios Num'') is an island of the Yapen Islands group, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. It is in Cenderawasih Bay. The Mios Num Strait separates it from Yapen is ...

in the West Papua region of Indonesia.

Description

This bird measures long. Its plumage is largely dark grey. It has a slight crest and a reddish or bluish face. Legs are red or dark grey.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are

subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...

and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Some taxonomists consider this to be a subspecies of the

dusky megapode The dusky megapode (''Megapodius freycinet''), also known as dusky scrubfowl or common megapode, is a medium-sized, approximately 41 cm (16 in) long, blackish bird with a short pointed crest, bare red facial skin, dark legs, brown irises, and a d ...

, others as a subspecies of the

orange-footed scrubfowl The orange-footed scrubfowl (''Megapodius reinwardt''), also known as orange-footed megapode or just scrubfowl is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae. This species comprises five subspecies found on many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islan ...

, but is increasingly looked at as a distinct species.

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Biak scrubfowl The Biak scrubfowl or Biak megapode (''Megapodius geelvinkianus'') is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found only on the islands of Biak, Mios Korwar, Numfor, Manim and Mios Num in the West Papua region of Indonesia. Descr ...

Birds of the Schouten Islands

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