Megapodius sp. nov. 'Grande Terre'

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Megapodius undescribed species D Tyrberg, 2009:69

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Grand Terre, New Caledonia

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Steadman DW (1997) A re-examination of the bird bones excavated on New Caledonia by E. W. Gifford in 1952. Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers 82, 38–48.

Steadman DW (2006) Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Paci; c Birds. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

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