Wildlife Directory
Like you and I, every wild creature has a story relating to their behavior and place in the eco-system. Here is an ever growing list of Top End species, mainly birds, with notes on their distribution, behavior and tips on where to see them.
Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Megapodius reinwardt
Megapodius reinwardt
(meg-ga-POH-dee-us: ‘big foot’ from Gk megas, large and podos, foot; REHN-vaht: for Caspar Reinwardt, Dutch ornithologist)
Kimberly and Top End subspecies - tumulus; FNQ subspecies - yorki
Where to see? Common in monsoon forest habitat and nearby gardens. Easily seen in Darwin’s Botanical Gardens.
| Order: Craciformes |
| Family: Megapodiidae |
| Genus: Megapodius |
| Species: reinwardt |
