He looked about and saw a lyrebird playing its strings. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
Albert's lyrebird is essentially confined to the Tweed Volcano/Border Ranges locality. From Wordnik.com. [Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia] Reference
Of particular importance are Albert's lyrebird Menura alberti, the superb lyrebird M. novaehollandiae and rufous scrub-bird Atrichornis rufescens, both of which represent families with only two species, and are endemic to Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia] Reference
There has been some erosion by wind and intense fires, and the superb lyrebird while excavating for food or building nest-mounds could have had some impact on erosion over time since they may turnover an average of 63 tonnes of debris per hectare per year. From Wordnik.com. [Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia] Reference
The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) also inhabits this ecoregion and may have drastically affected vegetation and erosion rates: it turns over an estimated 63,000 kilograms (kg) of debris per hectare each year looking for food or nest-mound building materials. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Australian temperate forests] Reference
Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. From Wordnik.com. [Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia] Reference
One of the film's great treats, superbly photographed, shows the lyrebird in glorious display, hurling importuning calls into the skies -- a huge repertoire of songs, some sounds copied from other birds and others picked up from humans, such as, remarkably enough, camera clicks. From Wordnik.com. [Calls of the Wild] Reference
I have been wondering can lyrebird be kept as pets???. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
For those of you who don't know what a lyrebird it is a bird who can mimic almost any sound pretty much perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
Kath excites Sheila about the lyrebird and she jumps into the cold morning air and we are able to catch glimpses of him in the same place. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Adelaide Zoo's talented lyrebird is making a name for himself as an amazing mimic - making sounds that replicate chain saws and other electrical equipment. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
Richard went on to world renown researching finch and lyrebird behaviour, and was part of an international team which studied the Indonesian super volcano Anak Krakatau. From Wordnik.com. [northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star] Reference
Taylor and the other two stooges, footballing lyrebird Phil Neal and retired golf club captain Lawrie McMenemy, never gave the impression of being in control of their situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Bed is warm and comfy but Kath gets up to have a face washer bath and meets the beautiful lyrebird scratching around on the forest floor; the tail is spectacular but the bird is shy and retreats further into the scrub. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
The avifauna includes red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus VU), swift parrot (Lathamus discolor EN), regent honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia EN), Albert's lyrebird (Menura alberti EN), and eastern bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus EN). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Australian temperate forests] Reference
Near endemic birds include the gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum), rufous bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti), rock warbler (Origma solitaria), and the pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus), which is found in association with the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae). From Wordnik.com. [Southeast Australia temperate forests] Reference
A hidden lyrebird sings. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Goblins] Reference
The lyrebird came by again just after sunset. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
"Because he was a lyrebird.". From Wordnik.com. [Isle of View]
The Life series began in 1979 with Life on Earth (I'm sure I'm not the only one with vivid memories of this), then The Living Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990, in which an orca tosses a seal out to sea and plays with it like so much bouncy play-doh), Life in the Freezer (1993), The Private Life of Plants (1995, one of his most popular and certainly my favorite), The Life of Birds (1998, in which a lyrebird memorably mimics the sound of a chainsaw), The Life of Mammals (2002, one word: pikas), Life in the Undergrowth (2005, in which super high-speed film reveals all sorts of invertebrate acrobatics) and now Life in Cold Blood (2008). From Wordnik.com. [Attenborough does it again] Reference
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