
%0 Journal Article
%A Brickhill, J 
%T An Aerial Survey of Nests of Malleefowl <i>Leipoa ocellata</i> Gould (Megapodidae) in Central New South Wales
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1985/06/01
%V 12
%N 2
%P 257-261
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9850257
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9850257 
%X 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. 
