h Philippine Megapode at Pulau Tiga by PHILLIPPS, Quentin - Borneo Bird Images

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Philippine Megapode

Latin Name : Megapodius cumingii

Site Name : Pulau Tiga

Photographer : PHILLIPPS, Quentin

Date : 2005-12-01

Notes : Megapodes lay their large eggs inside holes dug inside these mounds where they are incubated by the heat of rotting vegetation incorporated into the mound. An Aug 1998 survey for Sabah Parks by Abdul-Hamid Ahmad found 59 active megapode mounds on Pulau Tiga. Most were next to the beach but a few were in the interior. The number of mounds indicated a 55% population increase compared with a 1986 survey carried out by Stuebing and Zazuli.