Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) - HBW 2, p. 304
French: Léipoa ocellé
German: Thermometerhuhn
Spanish: Talégalo Leipoa
Other common names: Lowan
Taxonomy: Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840, Swan River, Western Australia.
E populations sometimes split off into separate race, rosinae. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW & S Australia E to NW Victoria and EC New South Wales. Introduced to Kangaroo I (off South Australia), where probably now extinct.
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Two birds scratching the sand of the nest-mound, presumably to regulate the temperature inside. Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 4.8 -
Two birds scratching the sand of the nest-mound. Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 38 sec 4.8 -
Two birds scratching the dirt of the nest-mound. Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 19 sec 4.3 -
Two birds foraging Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 4 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
Two birds scratching the sand over the nest-mound. Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A bird displaying over the nest-mound. Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 23 sec 3.8
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Adult bird strolling through bush
Locality Ongerup, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Clive Nealon 29 October 2005 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird on a nest-mound.
Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
A Malleefowl foraging.
Locality Ongerup, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nicholas Tomney 12 July 2012 43 weeks ago 4.2 -
A Malleefowl basking in the morning sun.
Locality Ongerup, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nicholas Tomney 12 July 2012 43 weeks ago 4.1 -
Portrait of adult
Locality Ongerup, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Clive Nealon 29 October 2005 1 year ago 3.8 -
Malleefowl pauses by the roadside
Locality Round Hill Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 28 October 2011 1 year ago 3.8
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