Pile-builder Megapode - BirdForum Opus

The species Pile-builder Megapode is extinct.

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Identification

Only known by fossil material found in caves on New Caledonia and Tonga. With a weight of 3.5 kg it was the largest land bird on Tonga.

Became extinct on Tonga during the Lapita culture around 1500 years BC.

Balouet, J.-C. & Alibert, E. (1990): Extinct Species of the World, Barrons, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney. ISBN 2-7373-0254-4
Steadman, David William (2006): Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-77142-3
Balouet, Jean Christophe; Olson, Storrs L.: Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia, 1989