Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | megàpode de Nova Guinea |
| Czech | tabon novoguinejský |
| Dutch | Grijs Boshoen |
| English | New Guinea Megapode |
| English (United States) | New Guinea Megapode |
| French | Mégapode de Nouvelle-Guinée |
| French (France) | Mégapode de Nouvelle-Guinée |
| German | Neuguinea-Großfußhuhn |
| Indonesian | Gosong papua |
| Japanese | ニューギニアツカツクリ |
| Norwegian | papuaovnhøne |
| Polish | nogal nowogwinejski |
| Russian | Новогвинейский большеног |
| Serbian | Novogvinejska megapoda |
| Slovak | tabon popolavý |
| Spanish | Talégalo Papú |
| Spanish (Spain) | Talégalo papú |
| Swedish | papuastorfotshöna |
| Turkish | Yeni Gine Megapodu |
| Ukrainian | Великоніг папуанський |
Megapodius decollatus Oustalet, 1878
PROTONYM:
Megapodius decollatus
Oustalet, 1878. Bulletin Hebdomadaire de l'Association Scientifique de France 21, p.248.
TYPE LOCALITY:
d'Urville Island [now Kairiru].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEGAPODIUS
- megapodius
- decollatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
New Guinea Megapode Megapodius decollatus Scientific name definitions
Andrew Elliott and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 11, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 11, 2015
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- New Guinea Megapode Megapodius decollatus
Authors
Andrew Elliott and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Elliott, A. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). New Guinea Megapode (Megapodius decollatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.negscr1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 11, 2015
- New Guinea Scrubfowl Megapodius decollatus
Authors
Andrew Elliott and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Elliott, A. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). New Guinea Scrubfowl (Megapodius decollatus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
