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Species profile—Menura novaehollandiae (superb lyrebird)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Menuridae (lyrebirds) → Menura novaehollandiae (superb lyrebird)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Menuridae (lyrebirds)
Scientific name
Menura novaehollandiae Latham, 1801
Common name
superb lyrebird
WildNet taxon ID
1468
Alternate name(s)
native pheasant
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1468

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
23 October 2019
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