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[[Image:Superb_Lyrebird.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Broc|Broc}}<br />Melbourne, [[Victoria]], [[Australia]], April 2006]]
 
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[[Image:Superb_Lyrebird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Broc<br />Photo taken: Melbourne, Australia.]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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100cm.  Brown upper body, greyish-brown below, rounded wings and strong legs. It is the longest and third heaviest of all songbirds. The male's tail has sixteen feathers, with the two outermost being lyre-shaped. It takes seven years for the tail to fully develop. During courtship display, the tail is fanned forward beyond his head to form a silvery white canopy.
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[[Image:Superb-Lyrebird-display2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Displaying male<br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Sherbrooke Forest, [[Victoria]], [[Australia]], 1977]]
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Male 103 cm (40½ in), female 76–80 cm (30-31½ in)
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*Dark greyish to brown upperparts
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*Greyish-brown underparts
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*Rounded wings and strong legs. It is the longest and third heaviest of all songbirds.<br />
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'''Male''': tail has sixteen feathers, with the two outermost being lyre-shaped. It takes seven years for the tail to fully develop.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Southeastern [[Australia]], from southern [[Victoria]] to southeastern [[Queensland]].  
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South-eastern [[Australia]], from southern [[Victoria]] to south-eastern [[Queensland]].  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''M. n. edwardi'':
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:*Eastern [[Australia]] (extreme south-eastern [[Queensland]] to Hunter River, [[New South Wales]])
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*''M. n. novaehollandiae'':
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:*South-Eastern Australia (central New South Wales to [[Victoria]] border)
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*''M. n. victoriae'':
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:*South-Eastern New South Wales to Dandenong Range, Victoria; introduced southern [[Tasmania]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Forests.
 
Forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The female builds a domed nest and 1 egg is laid.
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====Breeding====
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The female builds a domed nest laying a single egg.
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The diet includes small animals found on forest floor or from rotting logs.
 
  
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During courtship display, the male's tail is fanned forward over his head and forms a silver umbrella.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of both adult and immature invertebrates foraged both from under the bark and from the ground. They also eat some seeds.
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====Vocalisation====
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Calls are very varied; they are great mimics and will even learn car alarm and chain saw sounds. One was captured in an iconic Sir David Attenborough clip
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Menura+novaehollandiae}}
 
{{GSearch|Menura+novaehollandiae}}
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=60&bid=783 View more images of this species on the ABID]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Menura]][[Category:Videos]]

Revision as of 21:12, 13 November 2017

Photo by Broc
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, April 2006
Menura novaehollandiae

Identification

Displaying male
Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Sherbrooke Forest, Victoria, Australia, 1977

Male 103 cm (40½ in), female 76–80 cm (30-31½ in)

  • Dark greyish to brown upperparts
  • Greyish-brown underparts
  • Rounded wings and strong legs. It is the longest and third heaviest of all songbirds.

Male: tail has sixteen feathers, with the two outermost being lyre-shaped. It takes seven years for the tail to fully develop.

Distribution

South-eastern Australia, from southern Victoria to south-eastern Queensland.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • M. n. edwardi:
  • M. n. novaehollandiae:
  • South-Eastern Australia (central New South Wales to Victoria border)
  • M. n. victoriae:
  • South-Eastern New South Wales to Dandenong Range, Victoria; introduced southern Tasmania

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

Breeding

The female builds a domed nest laying a single egg.

During courtship display, the male's tail is fanned forward over his head and forms a silver umbrella.

Diet

Their diet consists of both adult and immature invertebrates foraged both from under the bark and from the ground. They also eat some seeds.

Vocalisation

Calls are very varied; they are great mimics and will even learn car alarm and chain saw sounds. One was captured in an iconic Sir David Attenborough clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)

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