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Definition of Menura superba

Menura superba
Lyre bird Lyre" bird` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.

Meaning of Menura superba from wikipedia

- and described this species as the "superb lyrebird", which he called Menura superba, in a presentation to the Linnean Society of London on 4 November 1800...
- and described this species as the superb lyrebird, which he called Menura superba, in an 1800 presentation to the Linnean Society of London, but this...
- Retrieved 2012-02-09. Davies, Thomas (1800-11-04). "Description of Menura superba, a Bird of New South Wales" . Transactions of the Linnean Society of...
- 1798). pp. 240–2. Davies, Thomas (4 November 1800). "Description of Menura superba, a Bird of New South Wales" . Transactions of the Linnean Society. Vol...
- Retrieved 2011-01-23. BirdLife International. "Species factsheet: Pitta superba". Data Zone. BirdLife International. Retrieved 24 January 2011. Erritzoe...