malleefowl
leipoa ocellata latin

Across its range, the malleefowl is considered to be threatened.

"I remember when you could see malleefowl on the way to school.

If you should see a Malleefowl, please take care.

A hundred or so bird species, including the malleefowl, have been recorded in the area.

If you are lucky, you might even see a malleefowl.

More than 100 species of birds live in the area, including the mound-building malleefowl.

This is a raised concern where native animals may rely on a specific habitat such as the malleefowl.

The malleefowl is found in arid areas only where the mallee grows.

The malleefowl is a bird characteristic of this habitat.

Malleefowl lay their eggs in the shape of a clockface inside the mound.

We got a useful tip to find a mound of a Malleefowl, but our car did not make it, because the track was too rough.

Although generally ground birds, malleefowl may roost at night in thick bushes or small trees.

If you are lucky you may even see the endangered malleefowl walking slowly among the trees.

In Autumn the Malleefowl open the mound after the eggs have hatched.

There is a permanent exhibition and a large aviary containing a pair of malleefowl.

The centre collects reported sightings of the malleefowl.

Emphasis is placed on its value as a wildlife conservation area and it was established primarily to protect the habitat of the malleefowl.

Reptiles within the region have a preference for mallee habitat much like that of the malleefowl.

The malleefowl has gained considerable attention and conservation status within and outside the reserve.

The centre opened in February 2007 and is intended to provide a focal point for education about the malleefowl and the conservation of the species.

Conditions were set in response to the presence of two threatened species within the project area: the slender-billed thornbill and the malleefowl.

It contains an isolated block of mallee woodland important for malleefowl conservation.

In early Winter the Malleefowl dig a pit.

The park is the only reserve in New South Wales with malleefowl habitat.

A national recovery plan targeting a range of endangered species, not specific to the reserve, includes actions to protect and promote the malleefowl population.

Effect of temperature on development of Mallefowl Leipoa ocellata eggs.

National recovery plan for Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Breeding success of Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata Central New South Wales.

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) The following is a photograph of a Malleefowl on the road just west of Hyden in April 1997.

Mortality of captive-raised Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata, released into a mallee remnant within the wheat-belt of New South Wales.

Effect of age at release on the susceptibility of captive-reared Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata to predation by the introduced Fox Vulpes vulpes.

Energetics of embryonic develompent in the megapode birds, Mallee Fowl Leipoa ocellata and Brush Turkey Alectura lathami.

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) were once present at Ingalba and Big Bush Nature Reserves, but individuals or active breeding mounds have not been observed for over twenty years and it is considered to be locally extinct.