Birds Mamoa : egg size five times larger than chicken eggs

Birds Mamoa : 

Egg size five times larger than chicken eggs

                                                                                   

                                       

            Birds Mamoa ( Eulipo wallacei )That breed in North Maluku , Indonesia.  is a bird that lives naturally in the Halmahera region . Precisely in Galela district , northern Halmahera . Bird nests can be found in kawassan mamoa sand beaches and bush . This bird has a very large egg , roughly five times larger than regular chicken eggs .

            Mamoa birds have Characteristics including : form strong legs , big feet and thick structure with strong claws to pile sand or soil .

             Birds mamoa not incubating eggs . Egg incubation is done by geothermal heat coming from the sun . Lay their eggs in the sand on the beach or at a certain depth in the forest by way of stockpiling soil and litter at a height of 1.5 meters . Bird hatching success is highly dependent on temperature or soil temperature . The results of a study to inform you that the soil temperature is needed to incubate the eggs mamoa ranged between 32-35 degrees Celsius . Its takes a long while for 62-86 days . Almost of all types mamoa have spawn near shore habitat .

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Baby from mamoa birds have the ability to fly and run fast on the way out of the nest , without the care of its mother .

           Competitors mamoa bird in food are birds that have the same type of food ( fruit , seeds and invertebrates ) and foraging on the beach and the forest .

        Another characteristic of this bird is brown fur , the skin around the face , pink , brown irises , dark legs . On the back there is a cross -shaped motif and cover the wings of a dark red tipped gray . Ana bird is brown with black legs and beak .

                   

     The main problem faced in sustaining bird populations mamoa is a very sharp decline in almost every habitat because of the exploitation of their eggs , habitat degradation and fragmentation of habitat . Exploitation of eggs is mainly caused by a lack of public awareness . Deterioration of the quality of habitat caused by deforestation due to logging and forest encroachment , while the extent of habitat loss due to forest conversion and illegal cultivation.