WA Malleefowl Revovery Group

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The Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) is one of only three large mound building birds found in Australia

With its mallee woodland habitat largely cleared decades ago for farming the Malleefowl bird is now rarely seen
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The WA Malleefowl Recovery Group exists to

raise awareness of the Malleefowl decline and to promote community involvement in Malleefowl conservation.

The WA Malleefowl Recovery Group (WAMRG) was formed in 2017, to raise awareness of the Malleefowl decline and to promote community involvement in Malleefowl conservation. The WAMRG is a community organisation that represents West Australian’s Malleefowl monitor volunteers and conservation interests.

Our mission:
  • Promote Malleefowl conservation.
  • Promote the retention and management of habitat for Malleefowl.
  • Promote community awareness of Malleefowl and its need for protection through media, schools, forums and any other appropriate means.
  • Promote and implement the goals and objectives of the National Malleefowl Recovery Plan by supporting the management of monitoring, research activities and other conservation projects relating to Malleefowl.

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Malleefowl Fact #1
Malleefowl can lay around 25 eggs in one season and it is estimated that only two percent of the hatchlings will survive.
Malleefowl Fact #2
Malleefowl eggs incubate over approx. 60 days, with the young chick independent from its parents the moment it emerges from the mound
Malleefowl Fact #3
Malleefowl are able to survive without fresh-water drinking sources, obtaining needed hydration from the food they eat.
Malleefowl Fact #4
Malleefowl use external heat to incubate their eggs within the mound at 33 degrees centigrade, and are able to measure and adjust the mound temperature daily.
Malleefowl Fact #5
Each malleefowl egg she lays weights approximately 10 percent of the female bird's body weight.
Malleefowl Fact #6
Malleefowl are one of only three megapodes (mound building) birds native to Australia and the only one found in the arid southern landscape.
Malleefowl, Little Desert National Park, VIC, 26 January 2017. Courtesy Donald Hobern
WA Malleefowl Recovery Group
The WA Malleefowl Recovery Group (WAMRG) was formed in 2017, to raise awareness of the Malleefowl decline and to promote community involvement in Malleefowl conservation.

The WAMRG is a community organisation that represents West Australian’s Malleefowl monitor volunteers and conservation interests.

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