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Superb lyrebird - Powerful 'dinosaur like' feet The legs are powerful, capable of running quickly, and the feet are strong enough to move branches up to 10 cm in diameter as they search for food Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Menura novaehollandiae,Superb Lyrebird Click/tap to enlarge

Superb lyrebird - Powerful 'dinosaur like' feet

The legs are powerful, capable of running quickly, and the feet are strong enough to move branches up to 10 cm in diameter as they search for food

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The Superb Lyrebird is a pheasant-sized songbird, measuring approximately 100 cm long and weighing around 1 kg, with brown upper body plumage, grayish-brown below, rounded wings and strong legs. Among all extant songbirds only the Common and Thick-billed Ravens regularly outweigh it and only the much more slender Black Sicklebill can rival its length.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Calbost Niel
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By Calbost Niel

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Uploaded May 27, 2023. Captured May 24, 2023 14:01 in 4RRG98XW+WR.
  • NIKON Z 7_2
  • f/9.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO2500
  • 400mm