The Collaborative International Dictionary
mallee bird
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.
Wiktionary
mallee bird
n. malleefowl