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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Smithsonian Libraries, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen
- Author(s):
- Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann
- Publisher:
- Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1864
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is a passerine bird in the family Menuridae. It is native to Australia and derives its name from the shape of the adult male’s tail, which consists of long feathers resembling a lyre. It feed mostly on insects and other invertebrates.
The caption reads in the original German: Der neuhöllandische Leiervogel (Menura superba).
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, Australia, bird, color, Menuridae, Oceania, passerine, reference book
