Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
St Mary Inlet, Fitzgerald River NP, SW WA IMG_1786 20181107
Notes: Large ground-dweller forages in leaf litter.
Wings and back boldly
mottled, scalloped, barred. Black neck-tie.
Crest raised when alarmed.
Solitary. In dry open forest & mallee,
growing on sandy or gravelly soils
w. much leaf litter.
Range from Morcombe©
