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Megapodius forstenii  G. R. Gray, 1847
Taxonomic Serial No.: 715227

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s): Forsten's Megapode [English]
  
  Valid Name: Megapodius freycinet forsteni G. R. Gray, 1847
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.11.09, website (version 09-Nov-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Megapodius forstenii   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2021.11.05, website (version 05-Nov-21)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: 'Zoonomen Nomenclatural data' maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Megapodius forstenii   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines   
  Page(s): l + 461   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861108   
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  Reference for: Megapodius forstenii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
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  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: Megapodius forstenii, Forsten's Megapode [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee   
  Publication Date: 1934   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xvii + 401   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: London, England, UK   
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  Reference for: Megapodius forstenii   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: This epithet is found in the literature spelled as both 'forsteni' and 'forstenii'. Both spellings appear in the original publication. Gray, in his 1869 Handlist, served as first reviser (ICZN Article 24.2.4) and so fixed the spelling as 'foresti' (see Nomenclature account in Zoonomen)  
 

 

    


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