GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae

Leipoa ocellata  

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Wychitella Conservation Park, VIC (Mar, 2011)

Signs in Mallee woodland areas alerting motorists to the possible presence of Malleefowls are much easier to find than the birds themselves.

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Cryptic Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl at Mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Pair of Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Working at the Mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl Tracks

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Pair of Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl