Lyre-bird

“The Lyre-bird of Australia, Menura superba, to show the unique lyrate shape of the tail.” “... the male of the lyre-bird, in which the feathers are anomalous both in shape and in texture, and the resulting form of the whole is unique.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, Lyre bird, ornithology, feathers, Menura superba, Australia birds, male birds, unusual bird feathers, lyrate shape

Galleries

Birds: J-L

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2115×2400, 2.9 MiB

Large GIF

902×1024, 449.9 KiB

Medium GIF

564×640, 202.5 KiB

Small GIF

282×320, 55.0 KiB