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Megalurus punctatus  (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 561018

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): New Zealand Fernbird [English]
  
    Fernbird [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyLocustellidae Bonaparte, 1875  
                               GenusMegalurus Horsfield, 1821  
                                  SpeciesMegalurus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) – New Zealand Fernbird, Fernbird  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Megalurus punctatus caudatus (Buller, 1894)  
                                     Subspecies Megalurus punctatus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)  
                                     Subspecies Megalurus punctatus stewartianus (Oliver, 1930)  
                                     Subspecies Megalurus punctatus vealeae (R. Kemp, 1912)  
                                     Subspecies Megalurus punctatus wilsoni (Stead, 1936)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Megalurus punctatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List, v 3.1, website (version 3.1)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 18 May 2012]   
  Reference for: Megalurus punctatus, New Zealand Fernbird [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2010.10.17, website (version 17-Oct-10)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Megalurus punctatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd Edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Fernbird[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Megalurus punctatus, New Zealand Fernbird [English]   
       

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