Taxon profile

family

megapodes
Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Aves - birds » order Galliformes » suborder Megapodii

Scientific synonyms

Alecturidae Mathews, 1946
Catheturidae Sundevall, 1872
Leipoidae Reichenbach, 1862

Other names

= incubator birds
= mound-builders

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Included taxa

Number of records: 11

genus Aepypodius Oustalet, 1880

genus Alectura Latham, 1824

genus Eulipoa Ogilvie-Grant, 1893

genus Leipoa Gould, 1840

genus Macrocephalon Müller, 1846

genus Megapodius Gaimard, 1823 - scrubfowl

genus Talegalla Lesson, 1828

Fossil taxa

genus Megavitiornis Worthy, 2000 ^†

genus Ngawupodius Boles & Ivison, 1999 ^†

genus Progura De Vis, 1888 ^†

genus Sylviornis Poplin, 1980 ^†

Links and literature

Australian Faunal Directory [f29d9c49-c04c-4d1a-8e15-94f8f4f4bb41]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831]
Data retrieved on: 6 February 2015

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [104295]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Megapodiidae]
Data retrieved on: 3 December 2021

Hudec K. et al. (2003): Soustava a české názvosloví ptáků světa, Muzeum Komenského v Přerově. 462 pp. [as Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831]

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