Biak Scrubfowl
Megapodius geelvinkianusMeyer, AB, 1874
English (US) Biak Scrubfowl
The Biak Scrubfowl (Megapodius geelvinkianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Megapodiidae (Megapodes) in the order Galliformes.
Range: Numfor, Biak, and nearby islets in Cenderawasih Bay (off northwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megapodius geelvinkianus
- Family
- Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Biak Scrubfowl
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
- Type locality
- Mafor and Misory.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 69 p.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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