The David Attenborough documentary with the lyrebird was filmed in captivity at Healesville sanctuary (outside Melbourne), where the bird has a lot of access to human sounds and probably not a lot of access to many birds. So that bird did copy a lot of human made sounds. It is not a normal situation and most wild birds do not do that. One of the bits of evidence is that Superb Lyrebirds were introduced to Tasmania, where the Eastern Whipbird does not occur but they are commonly mimicked on the mainland. For many years and generations the lyrebirds continued mimicking the whipbird, showing they could only have learned the call from other lyrebirds. Though over time I believe it is fading.
If you want birds that spend a lot of time on the ground, here in New Zealand, we've got lots of flightless birds. We also have the Tui, which also mimics sounds - not as prolifically as the Lyrebird. Near forestry areas, it's not uncommon for Tuis to mimic chainsaws, in urban areas they mimic common urban sounds.
as someone who's lived where they freely roamed around in people's front an backyards, trust me when I say they have a very incredible repertoire. I've heard them mimc car alarms, bike bells, motor cycle revs and the CFA fire trucks sirens. they can be really crafty with mimicing dog barks too. my brother still gets them in his front yard from time to time (he lives middle of Mt Dandenong in Kalorama) and yeah they're very bold to show off the sounds they've picked up not just for courtship but an attempt to scare you as a potential predator.
Actually a number of calls you list as mimicry are their natural calls or mimicry of birds with weird calls like satin bowerbirds. Wild lyrebirds seldom mimic human made sounds, usually only in captivity. A problem is that people think they commonly mimic human sounds and interpret some of their huge repertoire of both mimicked and their own calls, as human made sounds. The " car alarm" call for example, is actually a standard part of the repertoire of all superb lyrebirds throughout their range. They also have a natural siren-like call, burring sounds and chipping and chopping sounds which can be misinterpreted. Now I am not denying that they MAY mimic human sounds occasionally but it is rare. Lyrebirds learn WHAT to mimic from older lyrebirds, though they perfect it from the real bird calls, and unless you heard all the male population in the area clearly mimicking a distinctly human made sound it probably isn't.
The David Attenborough documentary with the lyrebird, or just do a compilation of its sounds. I found the longest clips Are from 2 - 7 minutes it is really worth it. This Lady had the lifestyle down but too much her and not enough of the bird's talent.
Hey! I did a compilation of the Lyrebird sounds as well. You should check it out! Admittedly, it was a self made compilation, so I probably missed a couple of clips.
They must cover alot of country we had one down the farm and in his display he was sounding like a steam train and the nearest train tracks is about 24 klm's away through some rough country.
Oh, very interesting. In one of the other comments, someone mentioned that Lyrebirds learn some of their song from their father, so maybe that could be where the Lyrebird picked up the train sound from. That's only a guess though.
@@RicharWithReactions Thanks for the reply, I don't know if that is correct as the cock bird leaves the hen after he mates in search of other hens, maybe they might pick it up from other cocks in there travels I do know they do travel quite long distances on there quest to mate with hens.
beautiful birds! you know what though, it's worrisome to hear human machine sounds because their environment is already dwindling at an alarming rate but if they hear human machines that means they're close enough to the little space they got left, and closing in!
The 'car alarm' was not a car alarm - that's their natural call. They can actually do car alarms though, the siren sound - you can hear it on another video.
The sound that she said mimic’s a car alarm isn’t a car alarm though they do do it the sound actually sound like a laser is actually a sound they make themselves. We live in bush so it was nice to hear one as they were pretty much gone from area due to the devastating bushfires in my area though they are pretty much gone in some area where the fire hit hard.. in 2019/2020
mimics* and it's worrisome to hear human machine sounds because their environment is already dwindling at an alarming rate but if they hear human machines that means they're close enough to the little space they got left, and closing in! And it's mostly the deforestation, but both are caused by humans...
yahh, and it's worrisome to hear human machine sounds because their environment is already dwindling at an alarming rate but if they hear human machines that means they're close enough to the little space they got left, and closing in!
I worked in the logging industry in Northern NSW and many times we wondered if other loggers were in our area. No it was just a Lyrebird imitating our chainsaws.
so you and others like you are to blame for driving them and their homes to extinction. I hope speak in the past tense because you quit when you realise how much damage you caused.
Feel free to check out the compilation I put together about the Lyrebird. It doesn't have as much talking (though I do talk a little to introduce each of the video, but definitely less talking).
Sorry to hear you have never heard of a Lyrebird. Or more particularly the Superb Lyrebird. The lady's narration is pretty good. She is mixed up in making a connection to the so-called tail of a peacock, which is not its tail at all (they are enlarged uppertail coverts). But the lyrebird's tail is its real tail. (She misuses the word "insect" at 3:20 then listing many things that are not insects). Lyrebird's repertoire is well more than 20 other birds. Wild lyrebirds do not normally imitate any man-made sounds. Many of the mechanical-type noises are their own song, rather than mimicry. They fill in their own song with lots of mimicry of so many other birds. You can always tell a lyrebird from other birds because they deliver long stretches of song all at mostly the same high volume. They learn most of their song from their father (or other males in the forest). The other thing is lyrebirds are incredibly loud. Being next to a singing lyrebird almost blows your brain and ears out. An exaggeration but only a bit. Yes, Albert's Lyrebird also mimics. But they are very shy and hard to find. Not much known about them.
Always amazes me how muricans "never heard of...insert fact here" you lot need to up your education system. Lots of things are "a big deal 'down' here.
their "education" is teaching them to be against being educated and learning anything but still acting superior to all. And considering how many claim the country is all of america...
You need to get some white plexi glass or something to direct the light around you and not blind you and reflect in your eyes. I know there are a lot of ways to make the light look a lot better.
1:29: "...that has been imitating its neighbours for over 10 million years..." Where's your proof of that, sunshine? Did you travel back in time or something? Even if time travel was possible, Earth is still NO WHERE NEAR that old!
@@Cassxowary Sorry, I saw where this came from, the bird was in a zoo, it heard all those noises! I have been IN the bush & heard WILD Lyre birds, & all they did was OTHER birds' calls! (Might WANT to learn to read as well! )
I've never heard of it either this is a fourth video some of the others are good what makes this really good is a more detailed explanation thank you for sharing this is the first time I visited your group and again thank you
This showed very little of what these birds can really mimic.
Yeah, you're right. I'm going to react to something that shows what they can do in the near future. Thanks for watching!
@@RicharWithReactions You can watch a David Attenborough version that shows off way more sounds including a chainsaw etc
@@wildeturkey2006 Thanks! I'll check it out!
Agreed, this video isn't the one to react to, this is nothing compared to what it can mimic.
Camp ground, over night, VW beatle cars and tent pegs all night, thought a VW club had arrived. Morning the camp ground was empty. Lyre birds.
The sound they said was a car alarm is actually a lawn sprinkler, the type you can set to do a half circle used on golf courses and such.
The David Attenborough documentary with the lyrebird was filmed in captivity at Healesville sanctuary (outside Melbourne), where the bird has a lot of access to human sounds and probably not a lot of access to many birds. So that bird did copy a lot of human made sounds. It is not a normal situation and most wild birds do not do that. One of the bits of evidence is that Superb Lyrebirds were introduced to Tasmania, where the Eastern Whipbird does not occur but they are commonly mimicked on the mainland. For many years and generations the lyrebirds continued mimicking the whipbird, showing they could only have learned the call from other lyrebirds. Though over time I believe it is fading.
If you want birds that spend a lot of time on the ground, here in New Zealand, we've got lots of flightless birds. We also have the Tui, which also mimics sounds - not as prolifically as the Lyrebird. Near forestry areas, it's not uncommon for Tuis to mimic chainsaws, in urban areas they mimic common urban sounds.
There are other videos on You Tube demonstrating the big range of lyrebirds' sounds.
Yeah, I got curious and looked some of them up a few days ago. They have crazy range!
as someone who's lived where they freely roamed around in people's front an backyards, trust me when I say they have a very incredible repertoire. I've heard them mimc car alarms, bike bells, motor cycle revs and the CFA fire trucks sirens. they can be really crafty with mimicing dog barks too. my brother still gets them in his front yard from time to time (he lives middle of Mt Dandenong in Kalorama) and yeah they're very bold to show off the sounds they've picked up not just for courtship but an attempt to scare you as a potential predator.
That's a good point. If I were a Lyrebird, I'd definitely try to use some of my sounds to scare away animals looking for a meal
Actually a number of calls you list as mimicry are their natural calls or mimicry of birds with weird calls like satin bowerbirds. Wild lyrebirds seldom mimic human made sounds, usually only in captivity. A problem is that people think they commonly mimic human sounds and interpret some of their huge repertoire of both mimicked and their own calls, as human made sounds. The " car alarm" call for example, is actually a standard part of the repertoire of all superb lyrebirds throughout their range. They also have a natural siren-like call, burring sounds and chipping and chopping sounds which can be misinterpreted. Now I am not denying that they MAY mimic human sounds occasionally but it is rare. Lyrebirds learn WHAT to mimic from older lyrebirds, though they perfect it from the real bird calls, and unless you heard all the male population in the area clearly mimicking a distinctly human made sound it probably isn't.
In Auss the curlew is the roadrunner
Lyrebirds.....Proudly Victorian.
And we have the worlds tallest trees here in Victoria too, the 'Mountain Ash'.
Oh, cool. I didn't know that. Thanks for watching!
@@RicharWithReactions ....well Red Cedars are recorded as tallest but Mountain ash eucalypts have been recorded taller.
@@garynewton1263 The mountain ash is the worlds tallest FLOWERING plant.
@@Gillie1946 No, Tallest tree along with the Red Cedars of California.
300ft plus!
And the Frankland Islands like High Island
The David Attenborough documentary with the lyrebird, or just do a compilation of its sounds. I found the longest clips Are from 2 - 7 minutes it is really worth it. This Lady had the lifestyle down but too much her and not enough of the bird's talent.
Hey! I did a compilation of the Lyrebird sounds as well. You should check it out! Admittedly, it was a self made compilation, so I probably missed a couple of clips.
They must cover alot of country we had one down the farm and in his display he was sounding like a steam train and the nearest train tracks is about 24 klm's away through some rough country.
Oh, very interesting. In one of the other comments, someone mentioned that Lyrebirds learn some of their song from their father, so maybe that could be where the Lyrebird picked up the train sound from. That's only a guess though.
@@RicharWithReactions Thanks for the reply, I don't know if that is correct as the cock bird leaves the hen after he mates in search of other hens, maybe they might pick it up from other cocks in there travels I do know they do travel quite long distances on there quest to mate with hens.
@@kingbee17able Ah, I see. Thanks!
@@RicharWithReactions That I am.
beautiful birds! you know what though, it's worrisome to hear human machine sounds because their environment is already dwindling at an alarming rate but if they hear human machines that means they're close enough to the little space they got left, and closing in!
That's a fair point
The 'car alarm' was not a car alarm - that's their natural call. They can actually do car alarms though, the siren sound - you can hear it on another video.
I'm thinking I'm going to look up some more Lyrebird videos and react to more of what they can do. Thanks for watching!
@@RicharWithReactions Cool - while your at it check out the one of the lyrebird making the sound of a baby crying. It's trippy af.
Yep as others have said there are better videos of them mimicking sounds, but this was quite informative about their lifestyle!
Yeah, very true! It was a great introduction to the Lyrebird and how they live! Thanks for watching!
it left out how much damage humans do but yes
The sound that she said mimic’s a car alarm isn’t a car alarm though they do do it the sound actually sound like a laser is actually a sound they make themselves. We live in bush so it was nice to hear one as they were pretty much gone from area due to the devastating bushfires in my area though they are pretty much gone in some area where the fire hit hard.. in 2019/2020
Glad to hear there are still a few around!
mimics* and it's worrisome to hear human machine sounds because their environment is already dwindling at an alarming rate but if they hear human machines that means they're close enough to the little space they got left, and closing in! And it's mostly the deforestation, but both are caused by humans...
@@RicharWithReactions not for long if humans keep being heartless and mindless and destroying their homes...
Yes, I can imagine all the different sounds he would pick up at a construction site.
yahh, and it's worrisome to hear human machine sounds because their environment is already dwindling at an alarming rate but if they hear human machines that means they're close enough to the little space they got left, and closing in!
I worked in the logging industry in Northern NSW and many times we wondered if other loggers were in our area. No it was just a Lyrebird imitating our chainsaws.
They were hoping they could trick you guys lol
so you and others like you are to blame for driving them and their homes to extinction. I hope speak in the past tense because you quit when you realise how much damage you caused.
@@RicharWithReactions no. Mimicking is what they do. And they're imitating the increasing human damage they hear.
@@Cassxowary Another clueless tree hugger speaks.
@@Cassxowary certainly hope you have no wooden products in your life cassie
Too much background info and not enough of the sounds they mimic.
Feel free to check out the compilation I put together about the Lyrebird. It doesn't have as much talking (though I do talk a little to introduce each of the video, but definitely less talking).
Too much her,not enough bird
Sorry to hear you have never heard of a Lyrebird. Or more particularly the Superb Lyrebird. The lady's narration is pretty good. She is mixed up in making a connection to the so-called tail of a peacock, which is not its tail at all (they are enlarged uppertail coverts). But the lyrebird's tail is its real tail. (She misuses the word "insect" at 3:20 then listing many things that are not insects). Lyrebird's repertoire is well more than 20 other birds. Wild lyrebirds do not normally imitate any man-made sounds. Many of the mechanical-type noises are their own song, rather than mimicry. They fill in their own song with lots of mimicry of so many other birds. You can always tell a lyrebird from other birds because they deliver long stretches of song all at mostly the same high volume. They learn most of their song from their father (or other males in the forest). The other thing is lyrebirds are incredibly loud. Being next to a singing lyrebird almost blows your brain and ears out. An exaggeration but only a bit. Yes, Albert's Lyrebird also mimics. But they are very shy and hard to find. Not much known about them.
That's awesome! I never really thought to think about where the lyrebird learns its song from. Thanks for the info!
They remind me of road runners too, except for those fantastic tail feathers!
Yeah, that's true!
At a construction site? What, pretty feathers spread everywhere by the machinery ? Charming !
Lol! Not quite what I had in mind lol
@@RicharWithReactions of course not, why would anyone want to write what is expected anyway ? cheers
sarcasm?
Because it's anything but charming. It's horrifying the damage humans do, and driving them and their homes to extinction.
Always amazes me how muricans "never heard of...insert fact here" you lot need to up your education system. Lots of things are "a big deal 'down' here.
their "education" is teaching them to be against being educated and learning anything but still acting superior to all.
And considering how many claim the country is all of america...
You need to get some white plexi glass or something to direct the light around you and not blind you and reflect in your eyes. I know there are a lot of ways to make the light look a lot better.
Thanks for the feedback!
There are videos about lyre birds imitating chainsaws etc.
Yeah, I found a few for the other compilation I made for the Lyrebird. This bird is really something else!
It won't do much good if an animal likes water or a vacuum cleaner noise and thinks it's a game...
1:29: "...that has been imitating its neighbours for over 10 million years..."
Where's your proof of that, sunshine? Did you travel back in time or something? Even if time travel was possible, Earth is still NO WHERE NEAR that old!
This is fake! It was a captive bird!
not fake, that's what they do, and that's even worse!
@@Cassxowary Sorry, I saw where this came from, the bird was in a zoo, it heard all those noises!
I have been IN the bush & heard WILD Lyre birds, & all they did was OTHER birds' calls! (Might WANT to learn to read as well! )
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Too few actual sounds, there are better videos
I'm going to look some of them up and react to them in the near future. Thanks for watching!
It is an Australian bird there very annoying but everyone loves them.
Yeah, I could imagine someone wanting a break from a lyrebird if there was one that lived in their backyard lol
they're* and your comment is edited... and they're not the annoying ones(:
.. beep .. beep!!
It's mind boggling that they can make those types of sounds
Hi fi you spend ten million years on earth. you;d learn a few trick too.. check it out crying babies. its hilarious
we don't want to see u man put urself on the small screen !!!!!
I've never heard of it either this is a fourth video some of the others are good what makes this really good is a more detailed explanation thank you for sharing this is the first time I visited your group and again thank you
Thanks Barney! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!