Philippine Megapode

The Philippine megapode (Megapodius cumingii), also known as the Philippine scrubfowl or the Tabon scrubfowl, belongs to bird in the family Megapodiidae. The species was named after the collector Hugh Cuming. It was formerly conspecific with the Dusky megapode but is differentiated with a lighter brown plummage and legs and with prominent red facial skin. Also known to eat fallen fruits and seeds. Its recorded distribution includes the Philippines, northeastern Borneo, and Sulawesi. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Notable features include a wide range of natural habitats which include tropical dry forest, tropical moist lowland forest, tropical moist montane forest and small islands. Has different breeding seasons per subspecies, known to breed year round on Sabah, March to May in Sulawesi and June to August on Palawan. It is mostly across most of its range but is a burrow nester in Palawan, Negros and Panay. In Palawan and Sabah, females have been recorded to communally nest. (Wikipedia, general species account).