Lyrebird
Lyrebird, either
of two species of Australian birds (family Menuridae, order
Passeriformes) named for the shape of their tail when spread in
courtship display. The name also aptly suggests a musician. Inhabiting
forests of southeastern Australia, lyrebirds are ground dwellers, and
their brown bodies rather resemble those of chickens. In the so-called
superb lyrebird (Menura susuperba or M. novaehollandiae
of many authors), the male’s tail consists of eight pairs of ornate
feathers, which resemble a lyre when erect. There are six pairs of
filmy, whitish feathers; one pair of 60–75-cm (24–30-inch) feathers that
forms the arms of the “lyre” are broad and curled at the tip and are
silvery on one side and marked with golden-brown crescents on the other.
Lyrebird
Lyrebird
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Lyrebird
Lyrebird
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