Taxonomy
One of the two lyrebirds in the family Menuridae, the other being the much rarer Albert's Lyrebird,
The scientific name has been given as Menura superba previously.
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.
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