The malleefowl is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken. It is notable for the large nesting mounds constructed by the males and lack of parental care after the chicks hatch. It is the only living representative of the genus Leipoa, though the extinct giant malleefowl was a close relative.
Malleefowl
Malleefowl camouflaged
Malleefowl mound
Mound photographed at Wongan Hills, Western Australia in 1900s
Ongerup, Western Australia
Ongerup is a town 410 kilometres (250 mi) south-east of Perth and 54 kilometres (34 mi) east of Gnowangerup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. At the 2021 census Ongerup had a population of 114.
Eldridge Street, Ongerup, 2018
Ongerup War Memorial
Yongergnow Australian Malleefowl Centre