Meet the lyrebird, world famous for their near-perfect imitations. This lyrebird resides at the Taronga Zoo, and has been around enough children to mimic crying with incredible accuracy 🤯 In the wild, when a lyrebird mother feels threatened she will often imitate the calls of larger avian predators to frighten or confuse, and draw the burglar away from the nest. Protecting the nest is a high-stakes game, and defenses are limited. Each year the female lays just one egg. This chick takes six week

Here's a side by side comparison of a lyrebird and two of the original birds that he copies (the Australian magpie and eastern whipbird) #magpie #australianmagpie #lyrebird #superblyrebird #easternwhipbird #whipbird #australianbirds #birdsofaustralia | Jeremy Films Things

Sound on for this. Lyrebirds are masters of mimicry and can imitate almost anything, even chainsaws and building sites. How they and other bird species do this has been a mystery - until now. | New Scientist

Here's some quirky sounds from one of the local lyrebirds. I showed a few colleagues and they agreed that there's some sounds in the mix that could be of human origin. What do you think? #lyrebird #birdsofaustralia #wildlife #australiananimals #birds | Jeremy Films Things

The lyrebird can imitate almost any sound it hears | VT

The vocalisations of the superb lyrebird stretch beyond simply imitating other birds. In its efforts to woo a mate, the male of this resplendent species can imitate human technology, too – from camera shutters to chainsaws. | National Geographic UK

THE LYREBIRD #animals #animalworld #lyrebird #birdlife | Animal Documentary