Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Maleo
Macrocephalon maleo
- legendaris
- 24 km/h
- Kritis
Buries its eggs in volcanic sand and lets the earth incubate them. The lazy genius of avian parenting.
- Populasi
- Roughly 4,000-7,000 breeding pairs; population continuing to decline and likely lower now — of 142 documented breeding/nesting sites, only 4 are considered non-threatened
- Habitat
- Tropical lowland and hill forests (up to ~1,000-1,200 m elevation); nests communally in open, sun-warmed sandy areas, volcanic soils, or geothermal ground near beaches, riverbanks, lakeshores, and forest clearings
- Fakta menarik
- Maleo chicks hatch from eggs about five times the volume of a chicken egg already fully feathered and able to fly, and after digging up out of the sand nest they receive no parental care at all, immediately fending for themselves.
- Sebaran
- Endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the nearby island of Buton
- Makanan
- Fallen fruits and seeds, supplemented with invertebrates (ants, termites, beetles, mollusks, and other invertebrates) found on the forest floor
- Ukuran
- 0,58 m
- Masa hidup
- 9,6 tahun
