The superb lyrebird seems a modest bird, coppery brown and pheasant-like, until it raises its tail or opens its throat. Spectacular tail feathers shaped like a lyre—two long, curved, outer feathers forming the arms, a set of white filamentous feathers, the strings—give the bird its common name. But its voice is what makes it truly superb. The lyrebird sings like no other bird, a fantastic blend of its own calls and songs and dozens of perfectly mimicked sounds, brilliant imitations of other bird voices in the forest,
