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The Vanuatu megapode or Vanuatu scrubfowl (Megapodius layardi bird in the family Megapodiidae . It was formerly known as the New Hebrides scrubfowl . It is found only in Vanuatu . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest . The species is threatened by habitat loss and egg collecting.[1] [2]
Taxonomy [ edit ]
Two syntype specimens of Megapodius layardi Tristram (Ibis, 1879, p. 194. ) are held in the collections of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum , with accession numbers T9758 (male adult) and T9759 (female adult). The specimens were collected in Vate Island (Efate ) in July 1877 and September 1877, respectively, by Edgar Leopold Layard and came to the Liverpool national collection via Canon Henry Baker Tristram 's collection which was purchased in 1896.[3] Natural History Museum at Tring .[4] [5]
References [ edit ]
^ Wagstaffe, R. (1978). Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums:(formerly City of Liverpool Museums)
^ "Bird collection type specimen database | Natural History Museum" . www.nhm.ac.uk .
^ Warren, Rachel L. M. (1966). Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) . London: British Museum (Natural History). ISBN 0565007165
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