Tongan Megapode
Megapodius pritchardiiGray, GR, 1864
English (US) Tongan Megapode
The Tongan Megapode (Megapodius pritchardii) 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 Niuafo'ou (northwestern Tonga); recently introduced to Late and Fonualei, and populations formerly on other Tongan islands have died outRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megapodius pritchardii
- Family
- Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Tongan Megapode
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1864
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Megapodius Pritchardii
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1864
- Type locality
- Niuafou, 'Friendly Islands.'
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.3, vol.14 p.378
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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