Lyre birds.

Lyre bird is amazing because it’s feathers stick out and shine brightly. They live in Australia Did you know that this lyre bird is very fast. If you try to catch one it would just sprint to tree to tree or somewhere safe. They love to eat insects and they use their beaks to find insects to feed their babies or themselves.

They have wings but stay on the ground most of the times and the male lyre birds can copy any sounds like a copy parrot. Lyre bird males dance and sing for the females.The lyre birds belong to a group of birds called passiforms.

There are 2 species (kinds) of lyrebird:

• superb lyrebird, which is about the size of a rooster, and

•Albert’s lyrebird, which is the smaller of the two.

In conclusion after mating with a male, a female lays one egg in a nest built on the ground or around the stump of a tree or fern. The nest is up to about 10 cm high and about 70 cm wide and made of sticks and leaves. The egg hatches in about six weeks and the young lyrebird stays in the nest for about six weeks. The female feeds her young.