Large Megapode Bird Identified from Flores Cave Bone

Nov 2, 2026 - 19:15
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Large Megapode Bird Identified from Flores Cave Bone
Megapodius rokusi (left) next to Megapodius reinwardt (right). Image credit: Davin Arya Nirwasita.

A new species of extinct megapode bird -- a ground-dwelling relative of the chicken that was several times heavier than its living cousin -- has been identified from a single fragment of leg bone found in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores.

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