The Superb Lyrebird lives on the ground in southeastern Australia. Males display a long tail and are famous for imitating other birds and nearby sounds.
It is dark gray with coppery-brown wings, back, and throat. A male has a long tail with broad S-shaped ornamental feathers used in courtship; females and young males lack those feathers.
Male Superb Lyrebirds display with their tails raised over the body, combining song, dance and mimicry of surrounding sounds.
They scratch leaf litter for insects, spiders and worms, then roost in trees at night. Forest-floor food supports the displaying bird.
Females build nests and care for eggs and young. Protected in NSW and present in many parks, lyrebirds depend on forest providing feeding and breeding places.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Superb Lyrebirds are protected in NSW and occur in numerous parks. Their life depends on moist forest-floor food, roost trees and nesting places.