The Superb Lyrebird by Ken _Gilliland
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Description
The Superb Lyrebird found in the forests of southeastern Australia, from southern Victoria to southeastern Queensland. The male is the bearer of the most elegant of all tails. It takes seven years is required for the tail to fully develop. During courtship display, the male inverts his tail over his head, fanning his feathers to form a silvery white canopy. Young males and females have brown tail feathers which are camouflaged against the forest floor.
Even more remarkable than the tail is the superb lyrebird's extraordinary ability to accurately mimic a huge variety of sounds from phone rings to chainsaws to songs heard over the radio. The content of the calls are unique to each individual Lyrebird.
Lyrebirds are ancient Australian animals. The Australian Museum has fossils of lyrebirds dating back to about 15 million years ago. The prehistoric Menura tyawanoides has been described from early Miocene fossils found at the famous Riversleigh site.
The Superb Lyrebird is featured on the reverse side of the Australian 10 cent coin.
A group of Lyrebirds is called a musket.
Rendered in Vue8 without any postwork. The Superb Lyrebird is one of the birds featured in my upcoming SBRM Australia Vol 1
Comments (17)
Flint_Hawk
What a truly exquisite bird! Great information!
doriano
Very Fine!
Digital_Mischief
What a wonderful tail! I do mean tail - not tale. OK maybe both types as I love the background info you give. :)
PointLady
Can't wait to see this one Ken, it looks great, love the tail. Jan
psyoshida
Great info and an incredible little fellow. Wonderful render. I look forward to adding this beauty to my collection.
mermaid
what a gorgeous and fascinating bird in an awesome render, looking forward to the new collection...smile
Burpee
A magnificent bird!
Stardust_Crossing
Splendid wildlife scene! Really nice scene.
DAM3D
Great scene!
njb2000
Great looking scene fabulous information Very nice work!
Kerya
It is lovely!
MNArtist
Wonderful work. Great modeling & composition on the finished render
Orinoor
A great bird and what a beautiful render/model!
jclP
well done
Sylvia
What a ~Beautifully Sophisticated~ Bird... Thanks for sharing!! FASCINATING!!!
owendal
Interesting Bird. Nice artwork.
cwrw
Wow! Wish I'd seen one of these when I was in Oz last Oct! Really beautiful work as always Ken! And I love reading all the info you include too! I find it really fascinating. Laurie