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Tile art of an Australian Brush-turkey.
Located on a public monument dedicated to Aboriginal culture and history.
Image location: Milbi Wall (or "Story Wall"); Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Image credit: John Hill via Wikimedia. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareALike 3.0.
