A small Australian songbird with stiff feathers and a loud call, found in dense shrubby habitats.
From bristle (Old English byrst, stiff hair) + bird (Old English brid). The name describes the bird's characteristically coarse plumage.
Bristlebirds are so secretive and hard to spot in Australian scrubland that ornithologists often locate them by sound rather than sight—their loud songs betray their presence even when the birds themselves hide in thick vegetation.
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