The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae. ... Megapodes are superprecocial, hatching from their eggs in the most mature condition of any bird.

What is an incubator bird?

Megapode, also called Mound Builder, or Incubator Bird, (family Megapodiidae), any of 12 species of Australasian chickenlike birds (order Galliformes) that bury their eggs to hatch them. ... The eggs hatch in seven weeks, and the hatchlings dig upward through the mound and run off on their own.

Are turkeys Megapodes?

They are large turkey-like birds, 20-27 inches in length. The Megapodes are also known as scrub fowl and brush turkeys.