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Definition of Leipoa ocellata

Leipoa ocellata
Leipoa Lei*po"a (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant. Note: It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass.

Meaning of Leipoa ocellata from wikipedia

- The malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken (to which it is distantly related)....
- (large Bismarck's megapode), M. sp. Malleefowl, group Genus: Leipoa Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata Brushturkey group Genus: Alectura Australian brushturkey,...
- megapodes (large, ground-dwelling birds such as the Australian malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata) construct a large mound of vegetation and soil or sand to lay their...
- ignita), vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum), and malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) are outwardly similar in their body types (see also convergent evolution)...
- may take Australian brush turkeys (Alectura lathami) and malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata), quail, pigeons and doves, frogmouths and owlet-nightjars, cuckoos...
- Park". 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2010. "Biodiversity – Species profile – Leipoa ocellata". 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010. "Ravensthorpe Caravan Park – Fitzgerald...
- giant malleefowl) was a larger relative of the extant malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata). Cryptogyps lacertosus Dynatoaetus gaffae, largest bird of prey of...
- Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) lay their eggs in a huge mound of sand....
- showed that Progura was closely related to the living malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata), though the fossil species P. gallinacea was considerably larger than...
- swainsonii), red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus), malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) and plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus), and reptiles include an...