Bird families · Galliformes

Megapodes

Megapodiidae · 21 species

Megapodes (Megapodiidae) is a family of 21 bird species in the order Galliformes. They live mostly in forest, shrubland habitats. The smallest is the Waigeo Brushturkey and the largest the Australian Brushturkey.

• Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami
• Biak Scrubfowl Megapodius geelvinkianus
• Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
• Collared Brushturkey Talegalla jobiensis
• Dusky Megapode Megapodius freycinet
• Maleo Macrocephalon maleo
• Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata
• Melanesian Megapode Megapodius eremita
• Micronesian Megapode Megapodius laperouse
• Moluccan Megapode Eulipoa wallacei
• New Guinea Scrubfowl Megapodius decollatus
• Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
• Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii
• Red-billed Brushturkey Talegalla cuvieri
• Sula Megapode Megapodius bernsteinii
• Tanimbar Megapode Megapodius tenimberensis
• Tongan Megapode Megapodius pritchardii
• Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi
• Waigeo Brushturkey Aepypodius bruijnii
• Wattled Brushturkey Aepypodius arfakianus