Tongan Megapode

Megapodius pritchardii - 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,
  • Niaufooubuskhøne,
  • 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 cries

Habitat

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

Geographic range

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

QRcode Mégapode de Pritchard
© 1996-2024 Oiseaux.net