New Guinea scrubfowl
| New Guinea scrubfowl | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Megapodiidae |
| Genus: | Megapodius |
| Species: | M. decollatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Megapodius decollatus Oustalet, 1878 | |
The New Guinea scrubfowl (Megapodius decollatus) is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family. It is found in New Guinea, mostly in the northern half. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This species was formerly known as Megapodius affinis but Roselaar,1994,Bulletin of the Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam,14,no.2,pp. 9–36 showed that Megapodius affinis A.B.Meyer,1874 refers to M.reinwardt.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Megapodius decollatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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