Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Mayo has or used to have 31 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Malleefowl.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
Status: Vulnerable
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Leipoa ocellata is found across 31 electorates.
The malleefowl gets its name from the habitat it occurs in. This ground-dwelling bird is famous for its ability to build enormous mounds. The male and female mate for life and take months working together to build their nest. The eggs are incubated in sand or soil by the sun or mounds of rotting leaves. While the male continues to patch-up the nest during the incubation, the parents take no part in chick rearing, with chicks emerging from the mound completely self sufficient.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Climate change and severe weather
Disrupted ecosystem and population processes
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Overexploitation and other direct harm from human activities
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Menzel's Wattle (Acacia menzelii)
- Fat-leaved Wattle (Acacia pinguifolia)
- Neat Wattle (Acacia rhetinocarpa)
- Mount Compass Oak-bush (Allocasuarina robusta)
- Downy Star-bush (Asterolasia phebalioides)
- Kangaroo Island Turpentine Bush (Beyeria subtecta)
- White-beauty Spider-orchid (Caladenia argocalla)
- Pink-lipped Spider-orchid (Caladenia behrii)
- Coloured Spider-orchid (Caladenia colorata)
- Bayonet Spider-orchid (Caladenia gladiolata)
- Kangaroo Island Spider-orchid (Caladenia ovata)
- Stiff White Spider-orchid (Caladenia rigida)
- Greencomb Spider-orchid (Caladenia tensa)
- Copper Beard Orchid (Calochilus cupreus)
- Twining Finger-flower (Cheiranthera volubilis)
- Hindmarsh Correa (Correa calycina)
- Deep Creek Correa (Correa eburnea)
- Toothed Helmet-orchid (Corybas dentatus)
- Trailing Hop-bush (Dodonaea procumbens)
- Mount Compass Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus paludicola)
- Osborn's Eyebright (Euphrasia collina subsp. osbornii)
- Clover Glycine (Glycine latrobeana)
- Hibbertia tenuis (Hibbertia tenuis)
- Kangaroo Island Phebalium (Leionema equestre)
- Kangaroo Island Logania (Logania insularis)
- Small-flowered Daisy-bush (Olearia microdisca)
- Silver Daisy-bush (Olearia pannosa subsp. pannosa)
- Kangaroo Island Pomaderris (Pomaderris halmaturina subsp. halmaturina)
- Fleurieu Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum murfetii)
- Pale Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum pallidum)
- Plum Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum pruinosum)
- Sandhill Greenhood Orchid (Pterostylis arenicola)
- Hindmarsh Valley Greenhood (Pterostylis bryophila)
- Leafy Greenhood (Pterostylis cucullata)
- Two-bristle Greenhood (Pterostylis psammophila)
- Hale Dwarf Greenhood (Pterostylis sp. Hale )
- Ironstone Mulla Mulla (Ptilotus beckerianus)
- Yellow Bush-pea (Pultenaea villifera var. glabrescens)
- Large-fruit Fireweed (Senecio macrocarpus)
- Butterfly Spyridium (Spyridium coactilifolium)
- MacGillivray Spyridium (Spyridium eriocephalum var. glabrisepalum)
- Blue Top Sun-orchid (Thelymitra cyanapicata)
- Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra epipactoides)
- Blue Star Sun-orchid (Thelymitra hygrophila)
- Spiral Sun-orchid (Thelymitra matthewsii)
- Mount Lofty Speedwell (Veronica derwentiana subsp. homalodonta)
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