Tongan Megapode

Megapodius pritchardii - Mégapode de Pritchard

Mégapode de Pritchard
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Mégapodiidés

  • Genus
    :

    Megapodius

  • Species
    :

    pritchardii

Descriptor

Gray, GR, 1864

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 35 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tongan Megapode (Megapodius pritchardii) is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Mégapode de Pritchard,
  • Talégalo de las Tonga,
  • frango-do-mato-de-tonga,
  • Tonga-Großfußhuhn,
  • tongai ásótyúk,
  • Polynesisch Boshoen,
  • Megapodio di Niuafoou,
  • tongastorfotshöna,
  • Tongaovnhøne,
  • tabon cisársky,
  • tabon tonžský,
  • Tonga Buskhøne,
  • niuafounisojalka,
  • megàpode de les illes Tonga,
  • nogal polinezyjski,
  • Полинезийский большеног,
  • トンガツカツクリ,
  • 汤加塚雉,
  • 東加塚雉,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Wetlands (inland) : Geothermal Wetlands ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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