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The Megapodes (Bird Families of the World)
 
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The Megapodes (Bird Families of the World) (Hardcover)
by Darryl N. Jones (Author), Rene W.R.J. Dekker (Author), Cees S. Roselaar (Author), Ber van Perlo (Illustrator, Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press (1 Dec 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0198546513
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198546511
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 19.7 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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Synopsis
This text describes and illustrates the 22 species of megapodes distributed over Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, The Philippines and some southwest Pacific islands. These birds are known for incubating their eggs in mounds, burrows, or sand, with the young emerging fully able to care for themselves. Nine chapters on the biology of the whole group are followed by detailed species accounts and colour plates showing adults and chicks. This work is intended for professional and amateur ornithologists, birdwatchers, zoologists, ecologists and members of ornithological societies in all countries.

About the Author
Darryl N. Jones is Lecturer in Environmental Sciences at Griffith University. René W. R. J. Dekker is Curator of Birds at the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. Cees S. Roselaar has a position with the Institute for Systematics and Population Biology at the University of Amsterdam.

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5.0 out of 5 stars All You Could Want to Know About These Truly Unique Birds, 9 Jan 2005
By W. László (Indonesia) - See all my reviews
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Mostly dull grey and secretive, megapodes are hardly among the most popular birds to watch - though there are spectacular exceptions like the extraordinary Maleo of Sulawesi.
However, their breeding ecology is like that of no other birds - like reptiles, they dig their eggs in the ground or in specially-built incubation mounds.
This has always made them among the most interesting birds in my eyes, and I was always pleased to be able to observe individuals of the several species I saw in Indonesia and the Philippines. Most sightings were by chance, often on remote offshore islands or when hiking in rugged interior mountains. No less interesting - and far easier to locate - were their huge incubation mounds, or some well-known nesting grounds where they gathered in masses, like the beach near Simau village on Halmahera Island.
But observing these shy birds in the wild was always a difficult task, so I was very pleased to be able to obtain all information about their life, status and taxonomy I could think of in this extremely thoroughly-written book.
Highly recommended to anyone interested in this very special group of birds.
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