Lipoa ocellata = Leipoa ocellata (malleefowl, mallee-fowl)

Query: Megapodiidae

Result: 6^th of 10

Subject:	Lipoa ocellata = Leipoa ocellata (malleefowl, mallee-fowl)
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Lipoa ocellata (MALLEE FOWL)
Plate from 'The Birds of Australia' by Gregory Mathews; illustrated by Keulemans.
Source The Birds of Australia
Author John Gerrard Keulemans, 1842--1912
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lipoaocellata.JPG

The malleefowl or mallee-fowl (Leipoa ocellata) is a stocky ground-dwelling bird of family Megapodiidae. The mallee-fowl is notable for the large nesting mounds constructed by the males and lack of parental care after the chicks hatch. Malleefowl are shy, solitary, camouflaged birds native to Australia.

Order: Galliformes
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Leipoa
Species: Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840

Megapodiidae
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