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Albert's Lyrebird

(Menura alberti)
Alternate name(s): "Albert Menura", "Prince Albert's Lyre-bird", "Northern Lyrebird"
Size: male 80-90 cm; female 70-80 cm
Weight: 0.6-1.2 kg

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Albert's Lyrebird at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

FEMALE

Frontal view of a female Albert's Lyrebird - note the absence of both lyre feathers from the sides and of filamentary feathers by the end of the tail (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2020]

Near-lateral view of a female Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2020]

Near-lateral view of a female Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2013]

Lateral view of a female Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2013]

Lateral view of a female Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2013]

Lateral view of a female Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2013]

Near-dorsal view of a female Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2020]

Sex unknown

Frontal portrait of a female(?) Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cunningham's Gap, Main Range NP, QLD, June 2017]

Near-lateral view of a female(?) Albert's Lyrebird (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cunningham's Gap, Main Range NP, QLD, June 2017]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Territorial Mobility: Sedentary Elementary unit: Solitary/pair

Albert's Lyrebirds are extremely wary.

Near-lateral view of a female Albert's Lyrebird scratching in leaf litter (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2020]

Lateral view of a female Albert's Lyrebird scratching in leaf litter (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2020]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

alblyre_jg_20151019.m4a (SE QLD) Mimicry (+Lewin's Honeyeater) © JG

More Albert's Lyrebird sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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