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Feb 21, 2024 · During his mating display, the male lyre bird puts on a show in his performing ground, replicating the sounds he hears in the surrounding forest — with incredible accuracy.
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The Albert’s lyrebird (Menura alberti) is a large, ground-dwelling bird that forages by scratching up the soft, leaf-littered forest floor. Both sexes have dark auburn-red feathers, and the male sports a showy tail made of silvery thread-like feathers that create a waterfall effect over his head during his courtship display. The display also reveal...
In our latest research, we show each male arranges his mimicry into a particular order that’s repeated again and again throughout a performance. What’s more, all males within a location perform their mimicry in a similar order, suggesting this sequence is learnt from neighbouring males. For example, lyrebirds at Binna Burra, in Lamington National P...
Since European colonisation, Albert’s lyrebirds have endured a history of land clearing for agriculture, and were even once shot to put in pies! As a result, they are listed nationally as “near threatened”, though this listing worsens to “vulnerable” in NSW, where the smallest population has an estimated 10 individuals. The devastating 2019-2020 bu...
The Albert’s lyrebird has escaped much public attention and has likely seen severe habitat loss after the fires. However, there is good news. Citizen science initiatives in local council areas are helping to more accurately map Albert’s lyrebird occurrences, and improve habitat quality and connectivity by removing weeds. Read more: Click through th...
Dec 21, 2021 · In the video below, legendary conservationist Sir David Attenborough spotlights the lyrebird for his 1998 BBC series The Life of Birds. The male specimen attempts to attract a mate by spreading...
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