Bird Maleo

Birds Maleo
Maleo Senkawor Maleo or, in the name of scientific Macrocephalon Maleo is a kind of scorched-sized birds are, with the length of about fifty-five cm, and is the only bird in the single genus Macrocephalon. This bird has black feathers, skin around eyes yellow, red-brown slices of eye, foot gray, orange beak and feather down the red-young to putihan. At the top of his head there is a loud horn or crest black. Male and female alike. Usually, female size is smaller and more colorful than the dark birds mate. Indonesia's population is endemic animal found only in lowland tropical forests Sulawesi island. Maleo nest in the open areas of sand, the beach area around the volcano and the regions that warm the earth's heat to incubate the eggs are large, reaching five times larger than chicken eggs. After hatch, the child Maleo dig way out of the ground and burrow into the forest. Maleo children can fly this is, and must find their own food and avoid animal meat eater, such as snake, lizard, cat, wild boar and the eagle. Maleo Senkawor is monogamy species. Feed birds consists of various cereals, fruit, ant, beetle and various types of small animals. Based on the loss of forest habitat that remains, nestling mortality is high, the population continues to dwindle and the area where the bird is found is very limited, Maleo Senkawor evaluated as endangered in the IUCN Red List. Species listed in CITES Appendix I.