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==Description== Megapodes are medium-sized to large terrestrial birds with large legs and feet with sharp claws. Megapodes are of three kinds: scrub fowl, brush turkeys, and mallee fowl or lowan. The largest members of the [[clade]] are the species of ''[[Alectura]]'' and ''[[Talegalla]]''. The smallest are the [[Micronesian scrubfowl]] (''Megapodius laperouse'') and the [[Moluccan scrubfowl]] (''Eulipoa wallacei''). They have small heads, short beaks, and rounded and large wings. Their flying abilities vary within the clade. They present the [[hallux#In other animals|hallux]] at the same level of the other toes just like the species of the clade [[Cracidae]]. The other [[Galliformes]] have their halluces raised above the level of the front toes.<ref name=delHoyo-Elliott-Sargatal-1994/>
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