The pile-builder megapode (Megapodius molistructor) is an extinct species of megapode. The subfossil remains were found by Jean-Christophe Balouet and...
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The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family...
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internal heat while the eggs hatch. The species in taxonomic order are: †Pile-builder scrubfowl (Megapodius molistructor) †Viti Levu scrubfowl (Megapodius...
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under Gruiformes below Megapodiidae – megapodes Extinct species of extant genera Megapodius Pile-builder megapode, Megapodius molistructor (New Caledonia...
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Binomial name Native range Current status Continental relative Pile-builder megapode Megapodius molistructor New Caledonia and Tonga Extinct (c. 1500...
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century Pile-builder megapode, Megapodius molistructor (New Caledonia, Tonga and possibly Aiwa, Fiji) ʻEua scrubfowl or small-footed megapode, Megapodius...
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List of birds of New Caledonia (section Megapodes)
undescribed. Pile-builder megapode, Megapodius molistructor (Ext) Loyalty Islands megapode, Megapodius species (Ext) Île des Pins megapode, Megapodius...
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Rhynochetos orarius; a ground dove, Gallicolumba longitarsus; the pile-builder megapode; a hornbill of Lifou (Loyalty Islands); a possibly extinct lorikeet...
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canacorum New Caledonia and Tonga; Vanuatu and Fiji? Probably hunting. Pile-builder megapode Megapodius molistructor New Caledonia and Tonga Undetermined. New...
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Lapita site, Efate Island, Vanuatu, including a new genus and species of Megapode. Pacific Science, 69(2), 205-254. BirdLife International (2016). "Megapodius...
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referrable either to the Viti Levu scrubfowl (M. amissus) or the pile-builder megapode (M. molistructor); the latter species occurred on Tonga and New...
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Burnaby's megapode, †M. burnabyi Gray 1861 nomen dubium [oospecies] Pile-builder Scrubfowl, †M. molistructor Balouet & Olson 1989 Stair's megapode, †M. stairi...
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List of birds of Victoria (section Megapodes)
the species, the bower ranges from a circle of cleared earth with a small pile of twigs in the center to a complex and highly decorated structure of sticks...
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List of birds of New South Wales (section Megapodes)
the species, the bower ranges from a circle of cleared earth with a small pile of twigs in the center to a complex and highly decorated structure of sticks...
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the species, the bower ranges from a circle of cleared earth with a small pile of twigs in the center to a complex and highly decorated structure of sticks...
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List of birds of Australia (section Megapodes)
species are found in Australia. They are commonly referred to as "mound-builders" due to their habit of constructing large mounds to incubate their eggs...
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List of birds of Queensland (section Megapodes)
the species, the bower ranges from a circle of cleared earth with a small pile of twigs in the center to a complex and highly decorated structure of sticks...
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List of birds of South Australia (section Megapodes)
species in the Australasian region. They are commonly referred to as "mound-builders" due to their habit of constructing large mounds to incubate their eggs...
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