Talk:Melanesian megapode

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Low-importance? Unique or highly unusual bird behaviours

I am no ornithologist and don't want to start something I am incompetent in, but I was surprised to find this article a stub.

Melanesian megapodes (Bismarck grouse, thermometer chicken or lava birds), seem unique in burying their eggs in volcanic soil and abandoning the chicks.