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#10       Lady Lyrebirds Have a Voice, Too,More info:audubon

Male Superb Lyrebirds are the Bruno Mars of the avian world—handsome, with ­­smooth moves and a love-song library that turns heads. As they perform on the forest floor, these talented Australians mix mimicked sounds with self-composed songs. Want to hear some kookaburra calls? No problem. What about a whistled original? Coming right up. While the pheasant-size fellas croon, they spread their tail feathers lyre-like, stepping and shaking under their own feathery canopies.

Females look on silently during this dramatic courtship display, judging whether the opposite sex is mate-worthy. Like juvenile lyrebirds, they have dark brown plumage and less elaborate tails. But their voices are astoundingly complex—a fact that scientists and birders have long missed, focusing instead on the attention-hogging males.

#9       Lyrebird: An Anticipated Breakthrough in Speech Recognition APIs,More info:medium

 

#8     The Lyrebird is the best impersonator in the world: it can mimick other birds, but also chainsaws, theme songs, car alarms — anything, basically,More info:zmescience

Native to Australia, the lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is a force of nature. Males are easily recognizable by their lavish plumage shaped like a lyre, hence the name, which it uses to attract mates. But it’s not its appearance, nor its dance, that makes this ground bird one of the most extraordinary creatures in the world. Instead, the lyrebird’s talent lies in its ability to mimic virtually any sound in the world.

And you thought a parrot was cool

The male lyrebird can be likened to a human beat-box artist. When he takes the stage, the male pridefully uncurls its marvelous feathers and begins its ‘song’. This is an ambivalent artist, capable of playing sonatas but also modern drone sounds.

There’s no limit to the sounds this bird can make. Chainsaws (which ironically threaten its habitat), beaten nails, car alarms, lasers, camera shutters, and human speech — you name it!

#7     THE LYREBIRD,More info:isciencemag

The Lyrebird is an extraordinary creature with a very special talent. Native to the Rainforests of Australia, this shy and often hidden bird is a master of disguise. You see, the lyrebird loves to sing and will quite happily belt out its songs for most of the daylight hours, but the Lyrebird’s true talent lies in its ability to ‘lie’ or at least ‘mimic’ sounds around it. Considered one of Australia’s best-known birds, you will most likely recognise them from the side of a ten cent coin, but can we separate myth from fact when it comes to the lyrebird? They are renowned for their spectacular courtship displays, but what about claims that they can mimic mechanical noises such as chainsaws and camera clicks?

#6   Were Australia’s lyrebirds the first ‘meme generators’?,More info:cornell

Australia’s Superb Lyrebird – the most astonishing animal mimic in the world – has been communicating with memes through song and dance for millions of years.

“These days we usually think of memes as bits of culture transmitted through social media, like little dancing bananas,” says Irby Lovette, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program. “But the lyrebirds are spreading memes too. They’re picking up sounds from their environment, incorporating them into their song repertoires, and then learning from one another.”

#5   LYREBIRD,More info:nationalgeographic

 

# 4    Female Lyrebirds Step Into The Spotlight With Their Extraordinary Mimicry,More info:allaboutbirds

 

#3     Lyrebird.ai is a new site that will allow anyone to “copy the voice of anyone”,More info:rivateinternetaccess

 

#2       Superb Lyrebird mimicry: recording!,More info:growingpassion

I’ve previously posted about the Superb Lyrebirds (Menura novaehollandiae) in our garden, with the promise that one day I’d upload audio. Today is that day!

Since we’ve been living here, the lyrebirds have become increasing common and less fearful. Their increased abundance is probably due in part to cat and fox baiting in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park which anecdotally has increased populations of a range of other native fauna, including the Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) and the Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami), all of which visit our place. I suspect that the lyrebirds are particularly attracted to our garden because I do a lot of mulching, grow only native plants, and avoid the use of pesticides, so there are plenty of leaf litter invertebrates for them to feast on.

#1     Lyrebird mimicry: birds, hammers & chainsaws,More info:barringtontopstourism

 

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