What is "leipoa ocellata"

Leipoa \Lei*po"a\ (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Note: 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.

lowan \lowan\ n. The Australian moundbird ( Leipoa ocellata); it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.

Syn: mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, Leipoa ocellata.

mallee bird \mal*lee" bird`\ (Zo["o]l.) [From native name.] The leipoa, or Australian moundbird; it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds. See Leipoa.

Syn: mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata.

mallee fowl \mallee fowl\ n. (Zo["o]l.), Same as mallee bird ( Leipoa ocellata). See also Leipoa.

mallee hen \mallee hen\ n. (Zo["o]l.), The adult female of the mallee fowl ( Leipoa ocellata). See Leipoa.