Megapodius sp. nov. ‘Loyalty Islands’

Loyalty megapode

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

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

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Mare & Lifu, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. xiv + 594 pp.

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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