The dusky megapode (Gaimard, 1823) is a medium-sized blackish landfowl that belongs to the genus Megapodius of the Galliformes order.
The dusky megapode or dusky scrubfowl (Megapodius freycinet) is a medium-sized (about 41 cm long), blackish bird with a short pointed crest, bare red facial skin, dark legs, brown irises, and dark brown and yellow bill. This terrestrial species lives in forests and swamps, including mangroves, of the Maluku and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia. Megapodius Genus: Order: Galliformes Megapodius Gaimard 1823 non (sic) Mathews 1913 Megathelia Mathews 1914; Amelous Gloger 1841] 
