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The '''mallee fowl''' or '''malleefowl''', ''Leipoa ocellata'', is a large, ground dwelling [[Australia]]n [[bird]] that has an extraordinarily precise method of [[reproduction]].
{{Taxonomy
|name=Mallee fowl
|image=
|caption=
|domain=Eukaryota
|kingdom=Animalia
|subkingdom=Bilateria
|branch=Deuterostomia
|superphylum=
|phylum=Chordata
|subphylum=Vertebrata
|infraphylum=Gnathostomata
|microphylum=
|superdivision=
|division=
|subdivision=
|superclass=Tetrapoda
|class=Aves
|subclass=Avialae
|infraclass=
|superorder=Galloanserimorphae
|order=Galliformes
|suborder=Craci
|infraorder=
|superfamily=Megapodioidea
|families=
|family=Megapodiidae
|subfamily=
|supertribe=
|tribe=
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|genera=
|genus=Leipoa
|subgenus=
|species=L. ocellata
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|pop=100,000 est (2000; decreasing)
|conservation=Vulnerable<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22678646/0</ref>
}}
The '''mallee fowl''' or '''malleefowl''' (''Leipoa ocellata'') is a large, ground dwelling [[Australia]]n [[bird]] that has an extraordinarily precise method of [[reproduction]].
Mallee fowl spend nine to eleven months a year preparing a 3ft by 6ft (1 metre by 2 metre) mound that will act as an incubating [[nest]]. The [[egg]]s are laid in this nest and covered by soil and vegetation. The decomposing vegetation generates heat to keep the eggs warm. During the incubation period adult birds check the temperature of the nest using their beaks and alter the composition of the mound to maintain a temperature around 90 degrees [[Fahrenheit]] (33 degrees [[Celsius]]).
Mallee fowl spend nine to eleven months a year preparing a 3ft by 6ft (1 metre by 2 metre) mound that will act as an incubating [[nest]]. The [[egg]]s are laid in this nest and covered by soil and vegetation. The decomposing vegetation generates heat to keep the eggs warm. During the incubation period adult birds check the temperature of the nest using their beaks and alter the composition of the mound to maintain a temperature around 90 degrees [[Fahrenheit]] (33 degrees [[Celsius]]).