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In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
A lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds that compose the genus Menura, and the family Menuridae. [2] They are most notable for their impressive ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment, and the striking beauty of the male bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in courtship display.
It has given rise to several local names, including "Jan frederik", which matches the rhythm of the call if the last syllables are run together. This call is also given year-round when arriving at, [15] or departing from a roost. The clear and ringing song is delivered in a series of short phrases, sometimes simultaneously by competing males. [6]
The lyrebird is an Australian species best known for its ability to mimic man-made sounds. National Geographic has recorded these remarkable birds mimicking such unnatural noises as a chainsaw and ...
Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding , songs (relatively complex vocalizations) are distinguished by function from calls (relatively simple vocalizations).
The genus name is the Latin word for a Eurasian coot. [2] The name was used by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner in 1555. [3] The type species is the Eurasian coot. [4] A group of coots is referred to as a covert [5] or cover. [6]
Starlings imitate a variety of avian species and have a repertoire of about 15–20 distinct imitations. They also imitate a few sounds other than those of wild birds. The calls of abundant species or calls that are simple in frequency structure and show little amplitude modulation are preferentially imitated. Dialects of mimicked sounds can be ...
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