menura superba

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menura superba - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\n. (Zool.)
     Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
     genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen
     tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the
     form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba),
     inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse.
     Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat,
     wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and
     lyre-tail.
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