The male's body is little longer than 12 in (30.5 cm), but the tail may be longer than 16 in (40.5 cm). The only two species of lyrebird in the world are indigenous to a strip of rugged, hilly bushland along the east coast of the Australian states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.
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Both Albert's and the superb lyrebird are native to Australia, where they occur from southern Queensland and northern New South Wales along the Great Dividing Range and south to southwestern Victoria. ... White-Eyes: Zosteropidae - Physical Characteristics, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Japanese White-eye...
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Observations of a population of superb lyrebirds that have largely lost their fear of people (in Sherbrooke Forest, Victoria, Australia) have provided much of what is known of lyrebird behavior.
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The lyrebird was well-known to the Aboriginal people. Names from various language groups included: balangara, bulan-bulan, beleck-beleck, golgol, and woorayl. The double names almost certainly were derived from the loud double notes of the lyrebird's "pilick" song.
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The extent of paternal investment and pair-bonding in two southeast Australian populations of polygamous Superb Lyrebirds (Menura superba) was studied over 6 yr. Male visits to nests during both my prolonged, concealed observations and brief, unconcealed inspections were rare. ... Received 14 August 1978, ... As indicated above,
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In the main upon the behavior of a single male Lyrebird, with whom a woman, who lived in the country and had her garden close to the jungle where the Lyrebirds were at home, had formed what looked like a singular friendship.
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common name for Australian passerine birds named for the appearance of the tail plumage of the male superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, when displayed during courtship. There are only two species. The superb lyrebird, about the size of a rooster, is brown above and ash below. ... Lyrebird's behavior...
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