Editing Mallee Cliffs National Park (section)

===Fauna===
The park lies within the [[Southern NSW Mallee Important Bird Area]], identified by [[BirdLife International]] as supporting a significant population of the [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] [[malleefowl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=Southern NSW Mallee |access-date=19 October 2011 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref> The park is the only reserve in New South Wales with malleefowl habitat. The malleefowl is found in arid areas only where the mallee grows. The males build a nest for the eggs by digging a large pit in winter and filling it with leaves and grass over the next four months. The female lays one egg per day for several days in the spring. The male then covers the resulting mound with sand. As the [[compost]] heap rots it generates heat. The male keeps watch over the mound, and tests the temperature of the mound with his tongue, adding or removing sand. When the chick hatches, it digs its way out, and once they emerge at the top of the mound are renowned for standing stationary at the top for up to twenty minutes before racing/staggering off into the bush. The chicks hatch with feathers and are immediately independent, never needing any parental care. Malleefowl grow to a length of around {{convert|60|cm}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=More about the Mallee Fowl|publisher=The Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group, Inc|url=http://www.malleefowlvictoria.org.au/malleefowl2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040210051742/http://www.malleefowlvictoria.org.au/malleefowl2.html|archive-date=10 February 2004}}</ref>

Several species of small birds are found in the area, as well as [[emu]]s. Mammals include a significant population of [[western grey kangaroo]]s as well as [[pygmy possum]]s and the [[little pied bat]] and [[greater long-eared bat]] which use older trees as nesting hollows. The mallee [[Triodia (plant)|spinifex]] of the park is the main habitat for the [[blue-tongue lizard|western blue-tongue]] and southern spinifex slender [[blue-tongue lizard]]s.<ref name="FMP"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Mallee slender blue-tongue lizard - endangered species listing |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/determinations/MalleeSlenderBluetongueLizardEndSpListing.htm|work=Office of Environment & Heritage}}</ref>

In 2020, the [[Endangered species|endangered]] [[numbat]] was re-introduced to the Mallee Cliffs. Future releases will help bring the population to an expected maximum of 270 numbats within the national park.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rare numbats reintroduced to NSW national park|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/rare-numbats-reintroduced-to-nsw-national-park|access-date=2021-03-07|website=NSW Environment, Energy and Science|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Mallee Cliffs.svg|thumb|600px|Map of Mallee Cliffs National Park]]