Talk:Bush stone-curlew

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Large bird?

How is large is large? Korandder (talk) 00:45, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Burhinus grallarius - Daintree Villiage.jpg to appear as POTD

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Burhinus grallarius - Daintree Villiage.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on December 9, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-12-09. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:50, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

The Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) is a large bird endemic to Australia. This nocturnal bird is a terrestrial predator which specialises in hunting small grassland animals. Though it lives mostly on the ground, it is also capable of flight.Photo: JJ Harrison

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27 November, 2013 11:32AM ACDT Endangered bird re-appears after 40 years By Eloise Fuss and Sarah Tomlinson ABCNews

Amandajm (talk) 01:23, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Although it looks rather like a wader and is related to the oystercatchers, avocets and plovers, it is a terrestrial predator filling an ecological niche similar to that of the roadrunners of North America. : This is a nocturnal hunter, not a diurnal pursuit predator. Sabine's Sunbird talk 21:19, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]