page_title: Malleefowl
section_title: Australia
hierarchical_section_title: Malleefowl / Conservation status / Australia
caption_attribution_description: - Naracoorte Caves National Park - wikipedia - Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Naracoorte - World Heritage - South Australia Both the Naracoorte and Riversleigh sites provide evidence separately of key stages in the evolution of the fauna of Australia - the world's most isolated continent. They are outstanding for the extreme diversity and the quality of preservation of their fossils and help us to understand the history of mammal lineages in modern Australia. The Naracoorte Fossil Mammal Site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994. The Naracoorte Fossil Mammal Site was one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.
context_page_description: 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. It is the only living representative of the genus Leipoa, though the extinct giant malleefowl was a close relative.
context_section_description: Malleefowl are listed as vulnerable on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Its conservation status has varied over time, and also varies from state to state within Australia. For example:
  The malleefowl is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).  Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.
  On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the malleefowl is listed as endangered.
  The malleefowl is listed as vulnerable on schedule 8 of the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.
  Malleefowl are listed as endangered on the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.
caption: Fossils of Leipoa gallinacea, the extinct giant malleefowl of Australia
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