lyre Birds

lyre birds can be found in Southeast Australia. It’s spends theday roaming around on the forest floor, and spends the night up in the trees.These birds eat mostly insects and other small animals. The way they find foodis by using theirlong claws to forage among the leaves and soil. The predators that pose a threat to lyre birds are quolls, dogs,feral cats, goannas, and foxes that eat their eggs. Lyrebirds defend themselveswhen they feel threatened they make loud shrieks and try to run away from thethreat. Lyre birds are special because they have the ability to mimicartificial and natural sounds, such as other birds, and car sounds. They usethis skill to attract mates during mating season. The name also has an interesting meaning. It’s called the lyrebirdbecause the males tail feathers resemble a greek instrument called the Lyre.They have a lifespan of 30 years, and they can start mating around the age of6. The male lyrebird has an elaborate tail with long feathers and the femalehas a shorter tail. For wild suzhou i’m palm tree and thank you for listening.