Bush stone-curlew, bush curlew, bush thick-nee.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyl forest floor, semi-wooded grasslands. Common in suburban parks and even inner city Brisbane.

Notes:

This unassuming bird has acquired a reputation for sneakiness and valour, as a quiet, still-standing camouflage master found nesting in tiny office-front gardens, and determined dads brooding nests threatened by chainsaw wielding council workers removing storm-broken trees. And yet, their uncanny evening screeches have many confused, and they go unnoticed most of the time.