What goes ‘good-lord-deliver-us’ at night?

Food 

Insectivorous, with most of its diet made up of beetles and moths. It usually forages at dusk, before dawn or in the middle of the night, as long as the moon is full enough to provide a bit of light. Most of hunting is done from perch on a tree branch, stump or fence post, making repeated forays out into the night, catching an insect before returning to its perch to feed. The following food items have been recorded in its diet: beetles, butterflies, moths, cockroaches, termites, mantids, lacewings, antlions, grasshoppers, bees, wasps, ants and flies.

Breeding

Monogamous, solitary nester, with breeding pairs staying together their whole lives.

The nest is a simple depression in the ground, usually in and surrounded by dense leaf litter.

It typically lays two eggs, which are incubated by both sexes for about 18-19 days; the female incubates in the day, while the male takes the night shift. If the eggs are destroyed or fail to hatch, the female often lays a replacement clutch.

The chicks are cared for by both parents, who perform elaborate distraction displays if disturbed from the nest, to try an lure predators away from the brood. The chicks start walking around at about eight days old, taking their first, weak flight at about 14 days old, and can fly strongly about 5-7 days later. The parents usually desert their territory and chicks when they reach 30 days old, however the brood only leave the territory approximately five months later.