After seventeen thousand hours in the field over 15 years of searching, wildlife photographer John Young captured several photos and a 17-second video of the bird in western Queensland. John Young was later found to have used fake feathers and eggs along with archived recordings of the bird for much of his work in Queensland and South Australia; his findings have been branded "fake news" by his peers.[2] In August 2015, the tagging and tracking of a live individual by an ornithologist was announced on Australian media.[3][4] Other live individuals were photographed in Queensland in late 2016, and sightings recorded in Western Australia[5][6] and South Australia[7] in 2017. A young bird, likely hatched in late 2017, was recorded in February 2018.[8]