---
title: "Orange-footed Scrubfowl"
description: "Megapodius reinwardt — Birds. The orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), also known as orange-footed megapode or just scrubfowl, is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae native to many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/orange-footed-scrubfowl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-footed Scrubfowl

> Megapodius reinwardt — Birds. The orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), also known as orange-footed megapode or just scrubfowl, is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae native to many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Megapodius reinwardt*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 3593
- Wikidata: [Q1047217](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1047217)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2025](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2025)

## Names

- en: Orange-footed Scrubfowl
- de: Reinwardthuhn
- es: Talégala de Reinwardt
- fr: Mégapode de Reinwardt
- nl: Rood boshoen
- pt: Frango-do-mato-de-pés-laranjas
- pl: Nogal zmienny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3307), ID (164), PG (8)

## Summary

The orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), also known as orange-footed megapode or just scrubfowl, is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae native to many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands as well as southern New Guinea and northern Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-footed_scrubfowl

## Photo

![Orange-footed Scrubfowl](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-footed-scrubfowl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193294512

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-footed-scrubfowl?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).