Australia's Wet Tropics
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DSC_2534 Orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt castanonotus) as with other megapodes, it nests in large mounds of sand, leaf litter and other debris where the heat generated by the decomposition of organic material serves to incubate the eggs. Five subspecies are found across northern Australia, southern New Guinea and many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Kuranda, Queensland
DSC2534OrangefootedscrubfowlmoundbuilderMegapodiusreinwardtcastanonotusmegapodesubspeciesnorthern AustraliaKurandaQueensland