Stats

Lifespan: 15-30 yrs
Size: Large
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Australia
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

One of Australia's most spectacular birds, the Superb Lyrebird can mimic almost any sound in its environment — from chainsaws to camera shutters. Males fan an extraordinary 16-feathered lyre-shaped tail overhead during elaborate courtship dances.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Menuridae
Genus: Menura
Species: Menura novaehollandiae