Biak Scrubfowl (Megapodius geelvinkianus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Biak Scrubfowl Megapodius geelvinkianus

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References

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Bishop, K.D. 1982. Endemic birds of Biak Island.

Dekker, R. W. R. J. & McGowan, P. J. K. 1995. Megapodes: an action plan for their conservation 1995-1999. International Union for Nature Conservation and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland.

Dekker, R. W. R. J.; Fuller, R. A.; Baker, G. C. 2000. Megapodes. Status survey and conservation action plan 2000-2004. IUCN and World Pheasant Association, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York Available at: http://www.ebird.org.

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IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).

Jones, D.N., Dekker, R.W.R. and Roselaar, C.S. 1995. The Megapodes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

Marsden, S. J. 1998. Changes in bird abundance following selective logging on Seram, Indonesia. Conservation Biology 12: 605-611.

Mayr, E. 1941. List of New Guinea birds. American museum of Natural History, New York.

Mayr, E. and Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1939. Zoological results of the Denison-Crockett Expedition to the south Pacific for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1937-1938. Part 1: the birds of the Island of Biak. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 91: 1-37.

Radley, P. M., Davis, R. A., Dekker, R. W., Molloy, S. W., Blake, D., & Heinsohn, R. 2018. Vulnerability of megapodes (Megapodiidae, Aves) to climate change and related threats. Environmental Conservation 45(4): 396-406.

Sujatnika; Jepson, P.; Soehartono, T.R.; Crosby, M.J.; Mardiastuti, A. 1995. Conserving Indonesian biodiversity: the Endemic Bird Area approach. BirdLife International Indonesia Programme, Bogor.

UNEP-WCMC. 2021a. Protected Area Profile for Biak Utara from the World Database of Protected Areas, January 2021. Available at: https://www.protectedplanet.net.

UNEP-WCMC. 2021b. Protected Area Profile for Pulau Supiori from the World Database of Protected Areas, January 2021. Available at: https://www.protectedplanet.net.

Further resources

IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Biak Scrubfowl Megapodius geelvinkianus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/biak-scrubfowl-megapodius-geelvinkianus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.