scrub fowl

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scrub fowl - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs

megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder

gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds

family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae - megapodes

leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

Alectura lathami, brush turkey - black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

Macrocephalon maleo, maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches

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The huge eggs of the tabon birds (Tabon scrub fowl) were so rich that even if hard-boiled, they always turned out soft.'

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The park isn't only home to Komodo dragons - it also serves as a habitat for sea turtles, manta rays, whales, Timor deer and orange-footed scrub fowl.