Mallee
Fowl Leipoa ocellata
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Mallee
Fowl Leipoa ocellata |
Inhabiting the dry
and dusty mallee lands of western NSW, the Mallee Fowl is a shy, ground-dwelling
bird which is being hustled toward extinction by a combination of habitat
destruction and predation by foxes.
To save the Mallee
Fowl, the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife purchased 107,241
hectares of leasehold mallee land in western NSW and created Yathong Nature
Reserve for the Malleefowl.
A successful fox
eradication program resulted in the establishment of a fox-free 20,400-hectare
Mallee Fowl conservation zone.
To increase the birds’
population, the Foundation also supported the wild release of captive-bred
Mallee Fowl.
Pest control and
the breeding and release program has successfully stabilised the Mallee
Fowl population at Yathong.
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