Vanuatu Megapode
Megapodius layardiTristram, HB, 1879
English (US) Vanuatu Megapode
The Vanuatu Megapode (Megapodius layardi) 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: forest of Torres Islands to Efate (northern to south-central Vanuatu)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megapodius layardi
- Family
- Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vanuatu Megapode
- Described by
- Tristram, HB, 1879
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Tristram, HB, 1879
- Type locality
- Vate, New Hebrides.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.3, no.10 p.194
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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