Key Identification Features
- This species is well known for the large nesting mounds that males build, and for the fact that adults provide no parental care after the chicks hatch.
- Its crown features a prominent, bony dark casque, which gives the species its genus name Macrocephalon, from Greek words meaning "large head".
- White feathers are scattered across the underside of the body, and this marking is more distinct in older birds.
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