Scrubfowl in captivity
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If by scrubfowls you mean Megapodius species, then I'm afraid the only one kept outside of their range is a very old Tongan megapode at San Diego Zoo.
If you mean species of the Megapodiidae though, then they are more readily found in Europe and North American collections. Australian brush-turkey is the most common one and breeds in both continents as far as I am aware and Maleos are kept by Bronx, Houston, San Diego and I think another zoo (Tulsa?) in N. America and also, more recently, by Walsrode. I don't think maleos have bred at any of those zoos except Bronx where they breed readily (all the captive specimens out of their range come from there).
Until a few years ago Misool and Arfak wattled brush-turkeys were kept in Europe (although scarcely) but those have unfortunately died out (the last one being kept at Walsrode in 2015 I think)
If you mean species of the Megapodiidae though, then they are more readily found in Europe and North American collections. Australian brush-turkey is the most common one and breeds in both continents as far as I am aware and Maleos are kept by Bronx, Houston, San Diego and I think another zoo (Tulsa?) in N. America and also, more recently, by Walsrode. I don't think maleos have bred at any of those zoos except Bronx where they breed readily (all the captive specimens out of their range come from there).
Until a few years ago Misool and Arfak wattled brush-turkeys were kept in Europe (although scarcely) but those have unfortunately died out (the last one being kept at Walsrode in 2015 I think)