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The Night Parrot is relatively small, prefers to shuffle about close to the ground (like it’s closest taxonomic cousin the aptly-named Ground Parrot, Pezoporus wallicus), is nomadic across a vast area and with exceedingly cryptic plumage, it has never been n easy bird to tick off on your list. There are only a few specimens in museum collections – and most of those were collected from a small part of northern south Australia many years ago. The last confirmed sighting of the Night Parrot was in 1912 and for the last 100 years the Night Parrot has widely been considered to be extinct and it wasn’t until the 1970′s that a series of unconfirmed reports of sightings started to emerge. In 1989 eccentric millionaire Dick Smith offered a $50,000 reward for proof of the current existence of the Night Parrot.