Leipoa

E241860

Leipoa is a bird genus in the megapode family best known for including the Australian malleefowl, a ground-dwelling species that incubates its eggs in large mounds of decomposing vegetation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leipoa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToClade Galloanserae ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName malleefowl genus ⓘ
containsTaxon Leipoa ocellata ⓘ
describedAs genus of megapodes ⓘ
distribution southern Australia ⓘ
eggIncubationMethod decomposing vegetation mounds ⓘ
environmental heat incubation ⓘ
family Megapodiidae ⓘ
foragingBehavior ground-dwelling ⓘ
habitat mallee shrubland ⓘ
semi-arid regions ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ground-nesting behavior ⓘ
large incubation mounds ⓘ
uses decomposing organic matter for incubation ⓘ
hasNotableSpecies malleefowl ⓘ
isBestKnownFor including the Australian malleefowl ⓘ
mound-building reproductive strategy ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
movement terrestrial ⓘ
namedAfter Leipoa ocellata (malleefowl) ⓘ
nativeTo Australia ⓘ
order Galliformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior mound-building incubation ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Leipoa ocellata ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leipoa ocellata → genus → Leipoa ⓘ
Leipoa ocellata → genus → Leipoa ⓘ
subject linked to: Leipoa ocellata (malleefowl)