leipoa(n = noun.animal) leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds;
is a kind of megapode, mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl
is a member of genus leipoa
has particulars: mallee hen

   A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant. [1913 Webster]
" It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass." [1913 Webster]

genus leipoa, leipoa ocellata