noun
megapode; mound builder
Refers to any bird of the family Megapodiidae, including brush turkeys and mallee fowl. A technical zoological term; in everyday contexts, the katakana form is used.
ツカツクリはオーストラリアや東南アジアに生息する鳥です。
Megapodes are birds that live in Australia and Southeast Asia.
ツカツクリの仲間は、卵を土や落ち葉で作っ
Megapodes incubate their eggs in mounds made of soil and leaf litter.
Compound of 塚 (つか, 'mound') and 造り (つくり, 'making, building'), referring to the bird's habit of building incubation mounds. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.