Albert's Lyrebird

Albert's lyrebird (Menura alberti) is a timid, pheasant-sized songbird which is endemic to subtropical rainforests of Australia, in a small area on the state border between New South Wales and Queensland. The rarer of the two species of lyrebirds, Albert's lyrebird is named after Prince Albert, the prince consort of Queen Victoria, queen of the United Kingdom. It lacks the elegant lyre-shaped tail feathers of the superb lyrebird and is found in a much more restricted range. lbert's lyrebird is a ground-dwelling bird. Females reach approximately 75 cm in length and males reach about 90 cm. They have a wingspan of 76–79 cm and weigh about 930 g. They are chestnut-brown in colour with a rufous undertail, rump, and throat. The bill is black; the iris dark brown or black, and it has a broad, blue-grey ring around the eye. The legs and feet are brownish grey to dark grey or black. The sexes are alike except for the shape of the tail. The male has a spectacular tail composed of: a central pair of long ribbon-like dark-brown median plumes; six pairs of long, filmy and luxuriant filamentary feathers, which are black-brown above and dark grey below; and a long broad fully webbed outermost pair of lyrates, which are black-brown above and dark grey below.