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Nicobar Scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis

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References

Anon. 2020. India plans Rs 10,000 crore transshipment port at Great Nicobar Island: PM Modi. The Times of India August 10 2020: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-plans-rs-10000-crore-transshipment-port-at-great-nicobar-island-pm-modi/articleshow/77463895.cms.

Baker, G.C.; Dekker, R.W. R.J.; Keane, A.M. unpublished.. Megapodes: status survey and conservation action plan 2005-2009. IUCN and World Pheasant Association, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK.

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.

BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Global Forest Watch. 2021. Tree cover loss in Nicobar Islands, India. Available at: https://www.globalforestwatch.org. (Accessed: 12th January 2021).

Islam, M. Z. & Rahmani, A. R. 2010. Saving globally threatened and endemic birds using the IBAs approach in Andaman and Nicobar islands . Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, pp. 423-434. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai.

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

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.

Sankaran, R. 1995. The distribution, status and conservation of the Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis. Biological Conservation 72: 17-25.

Sivakumar, K. 2007. The Nicobar Megapode: status, ecology and conservation;: aftermath tsunami.

Sivakumar, K. 2010. Impact of the 2004 tsunami on the Vulnerable Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis. Oryx 44(1): 71-78.

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: Nicobar Scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/nicobar-scrubfowl-megapodius-nicobariensis on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.