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Biak scrubfowl

Megapodius geelvinkianus A. B. Meyer, 1874

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The biak scrubfowl (Megapodius geelvinkianus) is a species in the family Megapodiidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 642.5 g to 650 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Biak scrubfowl (Megapodius geelvinkianus)
Photo: Meyer, A.B., 1874 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the biak scrubfowl

Weight
642.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
42 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
12.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the biak scrubfowl live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The biak scrubfowl is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the biak scrubfowl?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Biak scrubfowl or Biak megapode (Megapodius geelvinkianus) is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found only on the islands of Biak, Mios Korwar, Numfor, Manim and Mios Num in the West Papua region of Indonesia.

From the Wikipedia article “Biak scrubfowl” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biak_scrubfowl&oldid=1380441755), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the biak scrubfowl endangered?

The biak scrubfowl is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the biak scrubfowl classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyMegapodiidae
  6. genusMegapodius
  7. SpeciesMegapodius geelvinkianus A. B. Meyer, 1874

Synonyms Megapodius freycinet geelvinkianus

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Biak megapodeEnglish
  • شقبان بياكArabic
  • megàpode de GeelvinkCatalan
  • tabon biackýCzech
  • tabon biakskýCzech
  • Biak BuskhøneDanish
  • BiakgroßfußhuhnGerman
  • Biak-GroßfußhuhnGerman
  • BiakhuhnGerman
  • Geelvink-GroßfußhuhnGerman
  • GeelvinkgroßfußhuhnGerman
  • biaka megapodoEsperanto
  • Talégalo de BiakSpanish
  • Talégalo de GeelvinkSpanish
  • biaki rihukanaEstonian
  • supiorinisojalkaFinnish
  • Mégapode de BiakFrench
  • Megapode de GeelvinkFrench
  • Mégapode de GeelvinkFrench
  • biačka kokošinaCroatian
  • Biak-szigeti ásótyúkHungarian
  • Gosong kelam biakIndonesian
  • Megapodio di GeelvinkItalian
  • ビアクツカツクリJapanese
  • Biako salų didžiakojė vištaLithuanian
  • GeelvinkboshoenDutch
  • biakovnhøneNorwegian
  • nogal namorzynowyPolish
  • frango-do-mato-de-biakPortuguese
  • frango-do-mato-das-biakPortuguese
  • Биакская курицаRussian
  • Биакский большеногRussian
  • tabon zálivovýSlovak
  • Megapoda sa ostrva BiakSerbian
  • GeelvinkstorfothönaSwedish
  • geelvinkstorfotshönaSwedish
  • Biak MegapoduTurkish
  • великоніг біяцькийUkrainian
  • 比岛塚雉Chinese
  • 比阿克塚雉Chinese
  • 比雅克塚雉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the biak scrubfowl

Other species in the same genus Megapodius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the biak scrubfowl?

An adult biak scrubfowl weighs 642.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the biak scrubfowl live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the biak scrubfowl for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the biak scrubfowl endangered?

The biak scrubfowl is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the biak scrubfowl?

The biak scrubfowl (Megapodius geelvinkianus) belongs to the family Megapodiidae in the order Galliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Biak scrubfowl (Megapodius geelvinkianus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/biak-scrubfowl

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{biak_scrubfowl_2026,
  title = {Biak scrubfowl (Megapodius geelvinkianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/biak-scrubfowl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}