Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat loss through conversion to agriculture, hunting and egg collection are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Loud territorial calls uttered by males, rising in pitch and grading into a staccato series. Noisy, cackling contact calls uttered by feeding birds.
Nicobar Megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis) [XC298956]
by Sudhir Garg from , India (call)
Nicobar Megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis) [XC335628]
by id from , India (call)
Subspecies
Formerly included in Dusky Scrubfowl (Megapodius freycinet). Generally considered to form part of the Dusky Scrubfowl (Megapodius freycinet) superspecies. Apparently very close to Philippine Scrubfowl (Megapodius cumingii).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
nicobariensis Blyth, 1846 - Central and northern Nicobar Is, except Chaura and Car Nicobar.
abbotti Oberholser, 1919 - Great and Little Nicobar Is.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet