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{{short description|Species of bird}}
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| name = Vanuatu megapode
| name = Vanuatu megapode
| image = LayardsMegapode.jpg
| image = LayardsMegapode.jpg
| status = VU
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN|id=22678615 |title=''Megapodius layardi'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Megapodius layardi'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22678615A92781287 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678615A92781287.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| genus = Megapodius
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| species = layardi
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| authority = [[Henry Baker Tristram|Tristram]], 1879
| classis = [[Aves]]
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| synonyms =
| ordo = [[Galliformes]]
}}
| familia = [[Megapodiidae]]
| genus = ''[[Megapodius]]''
| species = ''M. layardi''
| binomial = ''Megapodius layardi''
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| binomial_authority = [[Henry Baker Tristram|Tristram]], 1879
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| synonyms = }}
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The '''Vanuatu megapode''' or '''Vanuatu scrubfowl''' (''Megapodius layardi'') is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Megapodiidae]] family. It was formerly known as the '''New Hebrides scrubfowl'''. It is found only in [[Vanuatu]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical moist lowland [[forest]]s. The species is threatened by [[habitat loss]] and egg collecting.<ref name=iucn/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Foster |first1=Tanya |title=Update on the Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi on Ambrym, Vanuatu |journal=Bird Conservation International |date=March 1999 |volume=9 |issue=1 |page=71 |doi=10.1017/S095927090000335X }}</ref>


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The '''Vanuatu megapode''' or '''Vanuatu scrubfowl''' ('''''Megapodius layardi''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Megapodiidae]]. It was formerly known as the '''New Hebrides scrubfowl'''. It is found only in [[Vanuatu]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is [[subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest]]. The species is threatened by [[habitat loss]] and egg collecting.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Foster |first1=Tanya |title=Update on the Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi on Ambrym, Vanuatu |journal=Bird Conservation International |date=March 1999 |volume=9 |issue=1 |page=71 |doi=10.1017/S095927090000335X |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==Taxonomy==
Two [[Type (biology)|syntype specimens]] of ''Megapodius layardi'' Tristram ([https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8609360 Ibis, 1879, p. 194.]) are held in the collections of [[National Museums Liverpool]] at [[World Museum]], with accession numbers T9758 (male adult) and T9759 (female adult). The specimens were collected in Vate Island ([[Efate]]) in July 1877 and September 1877, respectively, by [[Edgar Leopold Layard]] and came to the Liverpool national collection via Canon [[Henry Baker Tristram]]'s collection which was purchased in 1896.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/type-specimens-of-birds-in-the-merseyside-county-museums-formerly-city-of-liverpool-museums|last=Wagstaffe|first=R.|year=1978|title=Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums:(formerly City of Liverpool Museums)|publisher=Merseyside County Museums}}</ref> There are three further syntypes in the bird collection at the [[Natural History Museum at Tring]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/type-specimens-of-birds/index.html|title=Bird collection type specimen database &#124; Natural History Museum|website=www.nhm.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Warren |first1=Rachel L. M. |title=Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History). |date=1966|publisher=British Museum (Natural History) |location=London|isbn=0565007165}}</ref>
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*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=124&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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== References ==
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[[Category:Megapodius]]
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Animals described in 1879]]

== External links ==
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* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=124&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]

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[[Category:Megapodius|Vanuatu megapode]]
[[Category:Birds of Vanuatu]]
[[Category:Birds of Vanuatu]]
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[[Category:Birds described in 1879|Vanuatu megapode]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Henry Baker Tristram]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Endemic birds of Vanuatu]]




Latest revision as of 00:19, 11 August 2023

Vanuatu megapode
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Megapodius
Species:
M. layardi
Binomial name
Megapodius layardi
Tristram, 1879

The Vanuatu megapode or Vanuatu scrubfowl (Megapodius layardi) is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It was formerly known as the New Hebrides scrubfowl. It is found only in Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The species is threatened by habitat loss and egg collecting.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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Two syntype specimens of Megapodius layardi Tristram (Ibis, 1879, p. 194.) are held in the collections of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession numbers T9758 (male adult) and T9759 (female adult). The specimens were collected in Vate Island (Efate) in July 1877 and September 1877, respectively, by Edgar Leopold Layard and came to the Liverpool national collection via Canon Henry Baker Tristram's collection which was purchased in 1896.[3] There are three further syntypes in the bird collection at the Natural History Museum at Tring.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Megapodius layardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678615A92781287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678615A92781287.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Foster, Tanya (March 1999). "Update on the Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi on Ambrym, Vanuatu". Bird Conservation International. 9 (1): 71. doi:10.1017/S095927090000335X.
  3. ^ Wagstaffe, R. (1978). Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums:(formerly City of Liverpool Museums). Merseyside County Museums.
  4. ^ "Bird collection type specimen database | Natural History Museum". www.nhm.ac.uk.
  5. ^ Warren, Rachel L. M. (1966). Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). ISBN 0565007165.
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