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Megapodius
Gaimard, 1823
(bird)
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Entity:
Megapodiidae (Family) - megapodes
..Aepypodius (Genus)
..Alectura (Genus)
..†Chosornis (Genus)
..Eulipoa (Genus)
..Leipoa (Genus)
..Macrocephalon (Genus)
..Talegalla (Genus)
..Megapodius (Genus)
....‡Megapodius alimentum (Species)
....Megapodius bernsteinii (Species) - Sula megapode
....Megapodius cumingii (Species) - Philippine megapode
....Megapodius decollatus (Species) - New Guinea megapode
....Megapodius eremita (Species) - Melanesian megapode
....Megapodius forstenii (Species) - Forster's megapode
....Megapodius freycinet (Species) - dusky megapode
....Megapodius geelvinkianus (Species) - Biak megapode
....Megapodius laperouse (Species) - Micronesian megapode
....Megapodius layardi (Species) - Vanuatu megapode
....‡Megapodius molistructor (Species)
....Megapodius nicobariensis (Species) - Nicobar megapode
....Megapodius pritchardii (Species) - Polynesian megapode
....Megapodius reinwardt (Species) - orange-footed scrubfowl
....Megapodius tenimberensis (Species) - Tanimbar megapode
Authorship
Original name
:
Gaimard, 1823. In Férussac, Bull. Général, 2, 451; Temminck 1823, in Temminck & Laugier, Pls. color. (37).
Types
Type of
:
Megapodiidae
(Family)
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms
Including
:
Eulipoa
(Genus)
Ogilvie-Grant, 1893
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
gewone grootpoothoenders
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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