• Pile-builder megapode
    The pile-builder megapode (Megapodius molistructor) is an extinct species of megapode. The subfossil remains were found by Jean-Christophe Balouet and...
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    Megapode
    The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family...
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    Island gigantism
    Binomial name Native range Current status Continental relative Pile-builder megapode Megapodius molistructor New Caledonia and Tonga Extinct (c. 1500...
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    Scrubfowl
    internal heat while the eggs hatch. The species in taxonomic order are: †Pile-builder scrubfowl (Megapodius molistructor) †Viti Levu scrubfowl (Megapodius...
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    List of extinct bird species since 1500
    under Gruiformes below Megapodiidae – megapodes Extinct species of extant genera Megapodius Pile-builder megapode, Megapodius molistructor (New Caledonia)...
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  • Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene
    canacorum New Caledonia and Tonga; Vanuatu and Fiji? Probably hunting. Pile-builder megapode Megapodius molistructor New Caledonia and Tonga Undetermined. New...
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    List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
    century Pile-builder megapode, Megapodius molistructor (New Caledonia, Tonga and possibly Aiwa, Fiji) ʻEua scrubfowl or small-footed megapode, Megapodius...
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    Biodiversity of New Caledonia
    Rhynochetos orarius; a ground dove, Gallicolumba longitarsus; the pile-builder megapode; a hornbill of Lifou (Loyalty Islands); a possibly extinct lorikeet...
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    List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene (section Megapodes (family Megapodidae))
    Lapita site, Efate Island, Vanuatu, including a new genus and species of Megapode. Pacific Science, 69(2), 205-254. BirdLife International (2016). "Megapodius...
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    List of birds of New Caledonia (section Megapodes)
    undescribed. Pile-builder megapode, Megapodius molistructor (Ext) Loyalty Islands megapode, Megapodius species (Ext) Île des Pins megapode, Megapodius...
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