Dusky Megapode

Megapodius freycinet - Mégapode de Freycinet

Mégapode de Freycinet
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Mégapodiidés

  • Genus
    :

    Megapodius

  • Species
    :

    freycinet

Descriptor

Gaimard, 1823

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 41 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 525 à 700 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mégapode de Freycinet

Dusky Megapode (Megapodius freycinet) is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Megapodius freycinet freycinet (Gebe, Waigeo, Misool and nearby islets)
  • Megapodius freycinet quoyii (n Moluccas)
  • Megapodius freycinet oustaleti (small islets off nw New Guinea, Batabta, Salawati)
  • Megapodius freycinet forsteni (Seram and nearby islands)
  • Megapodius freycinet buruensis (Buru I.)

Foreign names

  • Mégapode de Freycinet,
  • Talégalo de Freycinet,
  • frango-do-mato-escuro,
  • Molukken-Großfußhuhn,
  • szigeti ásótyúk,
  • Zwart Boshoen,
  • Megapodio fosco,
  • mörk storfotshöna,
  • Sotovnhøne,
  • tabon tmavý,
  • tabon tmavý,
  • Mørk Buskhøne,
  • isojalka,
  • megàpode de Freycinet,
  • nogal ciemny,
  • Тёмный большеног,
  • Gosong kelam,
  • ツカツクリ,
  • 暗色塚雉,
  • 烏塚雉〔普通塜雉〕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands

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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