Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5 

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Other related concepts

• Megapodius [geelvinkianus x decollatus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: Biak böyükayağı
Catalan: Megàpode de Geelvink
Czech: tabon biakský
Danish: Biakbuskhøne
German: Biak-Großfußhuhn, Geelvinkgroßfußhuhn, Geelvink-Großfußhuhn
English: Biak Megapode, Biak Scrubfowl, Dusky Scrubfowl (Biak), Geelvink Scrubfowl, Gelvink Megapode
English, HBW: Biak Scrubfowl
English (IOC): Biak Scrubfowl
English (United States): Biak Scrubfowl
Esperanto: Biaka nestamasulo
Spanish: Talégalo de Biak, Talégalo de Geelvink
Spanish (Spain): Talégalo de Biak
Spanish (HBW): Biak Scrubfowl
Estonian: biaki rihukana
Finnish: supiorinisojalka
French: Mégapode de Biak, Mégapode de Freycinet (Biak), Mégapode de Geelvink
Croatian: biačka kokošina
Hungarian: Biak-szigeti ásótyúk
Indonesian: Burung gosong, Gosong Biak, Gosong kelam biak
Italian: Megapodio di Geelvink
Japanese (romaji): biakutsukatsukuri
Japanese: ビアクツカツクリ
Scientific: Megapodius freycinet geelvinkianus, Megapodius geelvinkianus
Dutch: Geelvinkboshoen, Geelvinks Grootvoethoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Biakomnhøne
Norwegian: biakovnhøne
Polish: nogal namorzynowy
Portuguese: Frango-do-mato-de-biak
Portuguese (Portugal): frango-do-mato-de-biak
Russian: Биакская курица, Биакский большеног
Slovak: tabon zálivový
Serbian: Megapoda sa ostrva Biak
Swedish: Geelvinkstorfothöna, geelvinkstorfotshöna
Turkish: Biak megapodu
Ukrainian: великоніг біяцький
Chinese: 比亚克冢雉, 比阿克塚雉
Chinese (Traditional): 比雅克塚雉