It is an important bird habitat, including the protected stone curlew. This area has a number of important natural habitats, including for the protected stone curlew. There is a large bush stone curlew population on the island. The Eurasian stone curlew occurs throughout Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia. It takes its name from the Indigenous Australian word for stone curlew, "quilpeta". Montagu indeed names the stone curlew the "Thick-kneed Bustard". The name "Builyan" is an Aboriginal word, meaning "stone curlew".