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Superb lyrebird (Menura superba, or Menura novaehollandiae). A Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) with brown plumage and a long tail walks on the ground in New South Wales, Australia. A lyrebird with brown and gray plumage and an elaborate, fanned tail searches the forest floor for food in Victoria, Australia.
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Superb lyrebird (Menura superba, or Menura novaehollandiae).
Superb lyrebird (Menura superba, or Menura novaehollandiae).

Lyrebird

bird
Also known as: Menura
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Lyrebird, (genus Menura), 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 novaehollandiae), the male’s tail consists of eight pairs of ornate feathers, which resemble a lyre when erect. There...

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