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An Aerial Survey of Nests of Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata Gould (Megapodidae) in Central New South Wales

J Brickhill

Australian Wildlife Research 12(2) 257 - 261
Published: 1985

Abstract

Malleefowl nests were surveyed by air, in six breeding seasons, in Round Hill Nature Reserve in central New South Wales. A technique for marking the nests from a helicopter so that they can be easily relocated was used. In an area of 20 800 ha, a total of 19 1 old nests were marked, only three nests being used for breeding in 1979-80. Correction factors from a ground survey show that about 43% of the nests present were found in 22 days aerial survey. The results show a very low population of malleefowl on Round Hill Nature Reserve and suggest a decline in the population in the last few decades.

https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9850257

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