Lyrebirds are Australia’s native birds. They are either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds. The birds name comes from the shape of the males beautiful tail which looks like a Lyre (a musical harp type instrument) when displayed.
Lyrebirds are well known by their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sound from their environment. They are magnificent for mimicking other birds. They’re also capable of imitating almost any sound, including camera shutters, chainsaw, dogs barking, and car noises.
The Lyrebird is a shy and wary bird. When seen they are generally just a blur as they run and hide through the dense forest underbrush. When in danger, lyrebirds run, rather than fly.
The Lyrebirds find food by scratching their feet through the leaf litter looking for insects, spiders, seeds and earthworms.
Sources: Wikipedia, Unique Australian Animals
It's video of Lyrebird imitating construction work at Adelaide Zoo. You can hear the Lyrebird imitates sounds of hammer, chainsaw, jackhammer, power drill, etc.
David Attenborough presents the amazing lyre bird, which mimics the calls of other birds - and chainsaws and camera shutters - in this video clip from The Life of Birds, BBC.
Some pictures of Lyrebird
Friday, July 8, 2011
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