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Megapodes logo #10101) Megapodiidae
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megapodes

megapodes logo #24142A family (Megapodiidae, 21 species) of chicken-like terrestrial birds of the Australasian and Oriental regions. Megapodes do not use their own body heat to incubate their eggs; instead, in many species the males tend the eggs of several females in huge, warm mounds of decaying vegetation. Other species use geothermal heat to warm their eggs.
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