Parrot is a bird that is often considered to be able to talk to imitate the human voice. But make no mistake, actually there is one bird that is not less talkative, namely Lyrebird. Lyrebird is Australian bird species that come from families Menuridae. Lyrebird birds are very famous for its ability to mimic different types of sounds that exist in natural or man-made.
When entering the mating period in June through August, Lyrebird can 'sing' to 4 hours more. Uniquely, the singing of the Lyrebird is a combination of at least seven types of sounds. Some sounds are often imitated by Lyrebird is sound koala, coyotes. In fact, as a result of the movement of human settlement began to approach habitat Lyrebird, now the birds can imitate the sound of chainsaws, cars, sirens firemen, rifle, camera shutter, man, until the baby crying!
Lyrebird great ability it also continues to grow and spread when the Lyrebird listening sounds strange combination of Lyrebird and other bird species. "This bird (Lyrebird) capable of imitating the sound of up to 20 more species of other birds," said one biologist, David Attenborough.
Until now Lyrebird is still categorized as endangered despite its population continues to decline. Bird endemic to Australia are often hunted by humans in addition to the ability to voice impersonator also because of the beautiful tail feathers.
At first glance, Lyrebird adult males look like a peacock with beautiful tail. The difference, color Lyrebird is dominated by brown, black, gray, and white.
Lyrebird birds can Imitate Any Type Sound.
Australian native birds, Lyrebird, can be regarded as the star of all kinds of birds. Because the bird is able to imitate about 20 kinds of sounds of other birds. Not only the sound of birds, it turns out he is also able to mimic sounds such as camera shots, car alarms and even chainsaws.Lyrebird unique voice apparently also exploited to find a partner. But not all birds Lyrebird can do that, because only the male sex. Being that females are not so fond of imitating other voices.
Lyrebird males really like to show off his skill mimics some sounds, especially during mating season to attract females. As I began to "sing" the voices of copies, will Lyrebird tail feathers spread along 71 cm. The more types of sound that imitated Lyrebird males, increasingly attracted the attention of the females.
There is no clear scientific answer why some birds such as Lyrebird can imitate the sound. Ministry of Science Museum Birds Australia, Jaynia Sladek, said that it is part of the language of birds. "These birds showed that they were very great because it can mimic other voices," said Jaynia.
Because of the appeal of these birds, so many photographers who want to take her picture. Camera sounds produced from these photographers also finally imitated by Lyrebird. Its uniqueness does not stop there, he will never forget the sound that has been imitated so as to enrich the diversity of sounds of human activity. Thank you for reading this article.
Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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DatePublished: July 12, 2015 at 12:25
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