These birds can mimic many sounds from their environment
[Sound on 🔔] What you're hearing is one of the most complex songs in the animal kingdom.
Lyrebird: the Siren of Australia
What is a lyrebird?
Living exclusively in the rainforests of eastern Australia, lyrebirds belong to either of 2 ground-dwelling species: the superb lyrebird or Albert’s lyrebird. The first lyrebird was discovered in 1798 by European scientists, but it was not determined to be a superb lyrebird until 1800 by Major-General Thomas Davies. While the superb lyrebird is safely in the “least concerned” conservation status, Albert’s lyrebirds are “near threatened” with only 3,500 breeding birds. The two birds can also be distinguished from each other by the superb’s slightly larger size, less reddish color, and more ornate tail feathers.
The sounds they make, which are far more varied than those of most other birds, are produced by their syrinx, a highly developed vocal organ. With this organ, the birds can mimic natural sounds from their environment, they can also produce sounds similar to those made by humans or other species. During the courtship ritual, the male superb lyrebird combines its song with feather movements to seduce females. Other notes and specific whistles are used to mark their presence within a territory or warn others of danger. At times, lyrebird songs can even last for several hours.
How to protect them
BirdLife Australia is a wildlife conservation group whose main objective is to rescue Australian birds from dipping in conservation status. Many birds lost more than a third of their habitat to the tragic fires of November 2019. The organization relies on donations to send out emergency survey teams to find threatened birds, translocate threatened birds, protect refuges from predators, install nesting boxes, and support general recovery. Also, the Australian Conservation Foundation is a community that prioritizes forests, rivers, and wildlife. Hopefully, with their combined efforts, Albert’s lyrebirds will move back to least concerned.
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108 comments
Rajani L.
04/03/2020 18:37So pleasant to listen the sound
Rajani L.
04/03/2020 18:36So amazing
Nuyung A.
03/10/2020 12:26senenganmu le 🤭
Celia C.
03/09/2020 04:20I already have two cats and two Boxers in house. I can afford bird that can sing to me. Thank you for this post!
Louis J.
03/08/2020 10:54arrête la plongée et va chanter avec eux :o
Irfanul H.
03/08/2020 09:51subhanallah.
Mikael P.
03/08/2020 08:20why music Its a pain
Yesenia G.
03/07/2020 19:36Why did y'all put a chimp when it was obviously a kookaburra
Nathan B.
02/24/2020 17:42Second noise was a kokobura bird, not a monkey
Melot B.
02/24/2020 07:04😮😮
Ayesha M.
02/23/2020 14:50super bird 😍
सुनीता ठ.
02/22/2020 17:57Amazing
Ying Y.
02/22/2020 14:59Humans, please don’t start keeping them as pets
Paulius V.
02/21/2020 20:18If your a tourist to Australia best to come down to Melbourne. Just outside is the Healesville Sanctuary where they have a mating pair of Lyrebirds. In a large enclosure which you walk through. You can sit down next to the male and he will sing for you. If you talk he will listen and may copy your sounds. :)
Sushma M.
02/21/2020 15:46What a comedy
Malcolm P.
02/21/2020 14:19The bush fires must have taken a huge toll on the numbers of these amazing birds 😥
Joan G.
02/21/2020 11:35Beautiful x
Didid L.
02/21/2020 10:53Heal the world... Make a better place... 🎶
Marie T.
02/21/2020 08:22Belle sérénade
Evan C.
02/21/2020 07:51Those sounds aren’t of chimpanzees, but of Kookaburras.