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    The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is an Australian passerine songbird, one of two species from the family Menuridae, with the other being the...
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    Major-General Thomas Davies illustrated and described this species as the superb lyrebird, which he called Menura superba, in an 1800 presentation to the Linnean...
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    lyre-shaped tail feathers of the superb lyrebird and is found in a much more restricted range. The total population of Albert's lyrebirds was estimated at only 3...
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    The superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae, and is common and familiar across south-eastern...
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    common raven, each exceeding 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) and 70 cm (28 in). The superb lyrebird and some birds-of-paradise, due to very long tails or tail coverts...
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    than the two living species of lyrebirds. The specific epithet comes from tyawan (a Kumbainggiri term for the superb lyrebird) and the Greek suffix –oides...
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  • to the Lyrebird (Menura ssp.)". International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 12 (4). doi:10.46867/C4J30H. S2CID 86489835. "Superb lyrebird". BBC....
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    thick-billed raven is about 25% heavier on average than the Australasian superb lyrebird, which is sometimes erroneously titled the largest passerine. It has...
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  • 50th anniversary of decimal currency in 2016. The image of a male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is displayed on the reverse of all ten-cent...
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  • artist and naturalist. He was the first to illustrate and describe the superb lyrebird. His work was not well known until after a 1953 auction from the Earl...
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