Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Megapodius freycinet [sensu lato] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4 

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Other related concepts

• Megapodius [eremita x reinwardt] (hybrid)
• Megapodius [decollatus x eremita] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

Catalan: Megàpode de Melanèsia
Czech: Tabon bismarcký
Danish: Melanesisk Buskhøne
German: Bismarck-Großfußhuhn, Bismarckhuhn, Salomonengrossfusshuhn
English: Bare-faced Scrubfowl, Bismarck Scrub Fowl, Bismarck Scrub Hen, Bismark Scrubfowl, Hartlaub's Incubator Bird, Hartlaub's Scrubfowl, Melanesian Megapode, Melanesian scrub fowl, Melanesian Scrubfowl, Solomon megapode
English, HBW: Melanesian Scrubfowl
English (IOC): Melanesian Megapode
English (United States): Melanesian Scrubfowl
Spanish: Talégalo Eremita, Telégala de Bismarck
Spanish (Spain): Talégalo Eremita
Spanish (HBW): Melanesian Scrubfowl
Estonian: melaneesia rihukana
Finnish: Harmaaisojalka
French: Mégapode érémite, Mégapode mélanésien
Croatian: melanezijska kokošina
Hungarian: melanéz ásótyúk
Italian: Megapodio delle Isole Bismarck, Megapodio di Melanesia
Japanese (romaji): meraneshiatsukatsukuri
Japanese: メラネシアツカツクリ
Scientific: Megapodius eremita, Megapodius eremita eremita, Megapodius freycinet eremita
Lithuanian: Melanezinė didžiakojė višta
Dutch: Heremietboshoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Melanesiaomnhøne
Norwegian: Melanesiaovnhøne
Polish: nogal melanezyjski
Portuguese: Frango-do-mato-ermitão
Russian: Бисмаркская курица, Меланезийский большеног
Slovak: tabon melanézsky
Serbian: Melanezijska megapoda
Swedish: Melanesisk storfothöna, melanesisk storfotshöna
Turkish: Melanezya Megapodu
Ukrainian: Великоніг меланезійський
Chinese: 红斑塚雉
Chinese (Traditional): 美拉尼西亞塚雉