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
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
Menura superba: see "Descent of Man" (1901), page 687. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] 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
Menura hammeor, fol. From Wordnik.com. [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference
Menura superba, i. 183 (note). From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences]
Menura superba, colour and nests of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
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