Philippine megapode

Philippine megapode
M. c. gilbertii in Indonesia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Megapodiidae
Genus:	Megapodius
Species:	M. cumingii
Binomial name
Megapodius cumingii Dillwyn, 1853[2]
Subspecies
M. c. dillwyni (Tweeddale, 1878) M. c. gilbertii (G. R. Gray, 1862) M. c. cumingii (Dillwyn, 1853) M. c. pusillus (Tweeddale, 1878) M. c. sanghirensis (Schlegel, 1880) M. c. tabon (Hachisuka, 1931) M. c. talautensis (Roselaar, 1994)

The Philippine megapode (Megapodius cumingii), also known as the Philippine scrubfowl or the Tabon scrubfowl, is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in the Philippines, northeastern Borneo, and Sulawesi. It has a wide range of natural habitats which include tropical dry forest, tropical moist lowland forest, tropical moist montane forest and small islands. The species was named after the collector Hugh Cuming.