Eastern Bristlebird

About

A ground-dwelling songbird now reduced to around 2,500 individuals across four isolated populations spanning eastern New South Wales and southern Queensland. Main Range National Park's fauna section names it among the park's threatened species, part of the small northern population that numbers only around 40 birds.

How to spot it

Small, brown, secretive bird rarely seen in the open - most often detected by its loud, distinct melodic territorial song. Nests low in dense, clumped grasses and tussocks rather than shrubs or trees, and is reluctant to fly, preferring to run through thick ground cover.

Found in

• Main Range National Park
• Beowa National Park