Lyrebirds Gallery

Australian wildlife, lithograph, published in 1897

Australian wildlife: 1) Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus); 2) Tree-kangaroo; 3) Tasmanian tiger, or Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus, extinct); 4) Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); 5) Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus); 6) Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus); 7) New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis); 8) Kakapo (Strigops habroptila); 9) Lesser bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor); 10) Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae); 11) Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius); 12) North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli); 13) Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae); 14) Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami); 15) Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus); 16) Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri); 17) Yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea). Lithograph after a drawing by Gustav MAOEtzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897

Superb Lyrebird - male territorial calling - adults compete

Superb Lyrebird - male territorial calling - adults compete using an elaborate song ritual Sherbrooke Forest, Victoria, Australia. Date

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Albert s Lyrebird - in full courtship display

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Alberts Lyrebird - in full courtship display
near Wilsons Peak, New South Wales/Queensland border
Menura alberti
Male Alberts lyrebirds display all winter (breeding season) on rudimentary display mounds consisting of a few trampled sticks or low vines on the montane rainforest floor. Several alternate sites are used but there is usually a favourite used first thing in the morning. The bird stamps, quivers its tail & sings (it is a passerine), with very rich loud song & mimicry of other bird species plus other sounds. This attracts females for mating & declares the territory. Unlike the Superb lyrebird of more southern forests, which has down-curved tail
feathers that lie flat across the birds back when raised, the alberts tail feathers are unswept. When they are raised forward over the birds body in display, the down-curving forms this curious lacy shroud, inside which the bird sings and dances
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