Shitchicken

Though it has numerous native names, that given to it by British colonists stayed. The shitchicken is a bird half a metre tall, which clucks much like an actual chicken. Upon arriving, said colonists believed that the locals had somehow tamed the common chicken, and it had readapted to live in the wild. Unfortunately, this fantasy ended when the first British explorer was eaten by a pack of carnivorous shitchickens. They still pose a threat to lonely travellers, and the naive.