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MALLEEFOWL FACTS |
Description
Head and neck grey, wings mottled grey-black and brown, underparts dull white. Black stripe down the front of the neck. Body up to 60 cm long.
Malleefowls build nests in sandy soil. The nest consists of a mound up to 1 m high and 4 m wide. When the young hatch, they push their way to the surface, which can take several hours. From then on they are totally independent.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Mallee and nearby scrub areas.
Food
Insects
Range
Southern mainland Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Galliformes | | Family: | Megapodiidae | | Genus: | Leipoa | | Species: | ocellata | | Common Name: | Malleefowl |
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