At Brookfield Zoo, you can see them in the desert aviary in Be A Bird. They eat at dawn, dusk, and night. May. In the zoo, they may nest as early as December or January. Their nest is a simple hole in the ground. They lay two buff to muddy green eggs blotched with gray and brown.
Males do most of the incubating.
The oldest bird in the wild is 15 to 16 years. In captivity, they can live as long as 30 years. During the daytime, they crouch on the ground. They can be seen often at night, especially in car headlights. No, they are not threatened globally.