Meanwhile, this situation changed and they use maleo's egg as mainly delicious food. Recent peoples near the park border significantly increased the egg collections. The Maleo bird not only appears like a local hen but also has the same size. The crest is black and tight. The function of the crest is to measure temperature while making a nest for their eggs in the sandy vulcanic or coral ground.
Maleo has a reddish-orange beak.
The color of the thorax feather is reddish-white and the other part of the body is black. The leg has four fingers and between in a web or membrane. The toenail is rather long and has sharpp claw. 6.0 cm max. Ta mbun, matayangan, Muara Pusian, Leda-Leda, Pohulongo, Pinomonue and Hungayono.