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Malleefowl

Birds
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. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Leipoa ocellata
Conservation status: Vulnerable (Population decreasing)
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Leipoa; Gould, 1840
Order: Galliformes
Phylum: Chordata