Talk:Megapode

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Name

megapode is a synonym for mound-buildersjimfbleak (to create redirect)jimfbleak

Name and Proposed Move

Why is the name of this article Mound-builders? Aren't articles supposed to have singular names? We have dove, tern, owl, and mimid; we don't have doves, terns, owls, or mimids. Unless someone comes up with a good reason why this article should have a plural name I'm going to move it to either Megapode or Mound-builder (bird). Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 22:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Megapode is a better term. Partly because some of the birds don't build mounds, but bury their eggs, so the term is misleading. --Michael Johnson 23:27, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Megapode is a much better term. Sabine's Sunbird talk 06:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. I moved it and fixed all redirects. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 17:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

bush turkey

The Clifford street bush turkey By Lillie Alston

One spring afternoon, me and my family eating dinner, suddenly my dad spotted a bush turkey at our front lawn It was making a mound, a mound is also known as a nest.

It was getting bigger by the moment it was 1.5 meters high, the mound was made out of mulch from trees. did you know that, a male bush turkey makes a nest, once it is big enough it will wait for a female bush turkey to come along and lay its eggs in the males mound. there is up to 16 to 24 eggs in a nest. if 7 female bush turkeys put all there eggs together there is 50 to 70 eggs .

it is safe to feed a bush turkey food scrapes the safest ones are carrot punkin potatos and punkin seeds the bush turkey feeds on small bugs and insects \

for more information about me and bush turkeys go to [http://www.bushturkeywondercom.org.au —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.105.238.174 (talk) 03:52, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

(Discuss) – Australian Brush-turkey → Australian Brushturkey..Pvmoutside (talk) 15:43, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

– Wikiproject Birds is using the IOC World list to standardize english names. The IOC has dropped the dash between Brush and turkey. Cannot use move button to move these. I've placed the move request on the family page since it involves multiple genera.....Pvmoutside (talk) 15:43, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Incubation period?

Given the advanced development of the hatchling, how long is incubation for megapodes, compared to other birds? Andy Dingley (talk) 23:30, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia - 2023 is Discworld Year of the Querulous Megapode

A megapode is referenced in Unseen Academicals. https://terrypratchett.com/discworld/ho-the-megapode/ Rajanala83 (talk) 13:58, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]