Daintree Rainforest Wildlife photographed at Thylogale by David & Diane Armbrust Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt Male and female Orange-footed Scrubfowl form permanent pair bonds. Both birds work at building very large incubation mounds of decaying vegetable matter. Heat generated by the decaying humus provides the heat source for the incubation of  their eggs. No parental care is provided for the newly hatched chicks who are capable of flight shortly after digging themselves out of the incubation mound. Disturbance of the mounds by feral pigs in search of eggs is cause for great concern. Size 40 Centimetres. Nest Huge mounds of leaves and soil up to 12 metres across and 3.5 metres high. Back | Next Copyright © 1998 David & Diane Armbrust Thylogale Nature Refuge AUSTRALIA  Phone/Fax 07 4094 1600 Intl. +617+4094 1600 Contact us ABN 33 708 530 113 All rights reserved    Home u Thylogale u Rainforest u Outback u Half Day u Accommodation u About Us  Bookings u Port Douglas u What to Bring u Wildlife list u Links u Photographs u Testimonials u World Heritage Map u Webmaster u