What is Megapode?
{{no sources|date=April 2024}} {{Taxobox | name = Megapodiidae | image = Alectura_lathami.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Alectura lathami]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Galliformes]] | familia = '''Megapodiidae''' | familia_authority = [[René-Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1831 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''[[Megapodius]]'' *''[[Macrocephalon]]'' *''[[Leipoa]]'' *''[[Talegalla]]'' *''[[Aepypodius]]'' *''[[Alectura]]'' }} The '''megapodes''', also known as '''incubator birds''' or '''mound-builders''', are stocky, medium-large [[chicken]]-like birds with small heads and large feet. They are included in the family of Megapodidae. They may build a pile of rotting vegetables as an incubator for their [[egg (biology)|egg]]s. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Galliformes]]