Educational resources on Malleefowl

Malleefowl or Leipoa ocellata is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A1ce+2bce. IUCN Profile of the Malleefowl

Academic web links for the Malleefowl.

ADW: Megapodiidae: Information
Mallee fowl are considered to exhibit resource-defense monogamy. Pair bonds are evident for part of the breeding season. Males alone compete aggressively for mound sites.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Megapodiidae.html

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A. Mallee Fowl Parental Behavior The mallee fowl is a large monogamous bird species that is indigenous to Australia; the male is more parental than the female, and its parental
www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~bio550/05Overheads/4-23-09.html

ADW: Leipoa: Pictures
...mallee fowl Leipoa ocellata
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Leipoa.html

ADW: Galliformes: Information
Howard and Moore’s Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (2003) lists: Megapodiidae (scrub fowl, brush-turkeys, mallee fowl), Cracidae (guans, chachalacas, curassows),
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Galliformes.html

Avian Reproduction
From top to bottom, the hatchlings are an altricial Brown Creeper, a semiprecocial Least Tern, a precocial Ruddy Duck, a superprecocial Mallee Fowl (Leipoa ocellata), and a Brown
people.eku.edu/ritchisong/avianreproduction.html

Flea News 48
A new species of Goniodes from the Mallee fowl. (11) 1985. The identity of Quadriceps crasspedalis and two new species of Quadriceps. (71) 1986. Two new species of Quadriceps from
www.ent.iastate.edu/fleanews/fleanews48.html

Bird Families of the World
Mating behavior and social organization are variable, monogamous in malleefowl where male guards a mound, and in many Megapodius where male guards a female and remains in a pair
www.ummz.umich.edu/birds/resources/families_otw.html

CalPhotos: Browse Bird Common Names
Back to: CalPhotos > Animals > Browse Bird Common Names. Last updated: Nov 25 2009 . see also: Browse Invertebrate Thumbnail Photos. Click on a name below to see all the animal
calphotos.berkeley.edu/fauna/com-Bird.html

Parental Care
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) chick (Source: http://abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/October2000/gallery.htm) Brush Turkey - a megapode. precocial; young leave the nest soon after hatching
people.eku.edu/ritchisong/parentalcare.html

BIRDNET: Galliformes species list
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata. Top. Phasianidae. Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus
www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/splists/Galliformescl.html