Ma Colrebird ndi mbalame zaku Australia zokha. Amakhala ku Australia kokha ndipo agawika mitundu iwiri:
- Great Lyrebird
- Alberta lyrebird
Monga momwe dzinalo likunenera, Big Lyrebird ndi yokulirapo kuposa mchimwene wake ndipo mchirawo ndi wokongoletsedwa moyenera. Mbalameyi idakhala ndi dzina chifukwa cha mawonekedwe ake achidabwitsidwe, okhala ndi nthenga 16. Nthenga ziwiri zopyapyala, zonenepa komanso zamtundu, zimapindika mosavuta, nthenga zazitali ziwiri zopyapyala pakati mchira ndi nthenga zapakati, zam'mlengalenga komanso zowuluka, zimapanga phokoso poyera.
Mbalame yoyamba kutidwa itaperekedwa ku Museum of Great Britain, wasayansi Wachingelezi, yemwe anali asanaonepo mbalameyi ali moyo, anawongola mchira wa fanizoli mwakufuna kwake. Chimawoneka ngati mchira wa pikoko ngati chida choimbira. Chifukwa chake dzinalo lidakonzedwa. Ndizodziwika kuti kudzikongoletsa koteroko kumavalidwa ndi amuna achikulire azaka 7 zokha, okonzekera kukhwima. Mothandizidwa ndi mchira kuti akolere mkazi. Monga lamulo, osati limodzi.
Kuyimba
Ma Lyrebird ndi ovala nyimbo, ndipo amawonetsa nyimbo zawo pachaka chonse. Mbalame za ku Lyre zimakhala ndi phokoso losiyanasiyana komanso nyimbo, koma kupatula nyimbo zawo, ma lyrebird modabwitsa amatulutsa mawu a nyama zina, mbalame ndi mawu a chitukuko cha anthu. Mbalame za ku Lyre zimatengera mwatsatanetsatane kulira kwa agalu ndi mkokomo wagalimoto, nyimbo za mafoni ndi mikwingwirima, zikuimba chida cha nyimbo ndi mfuti.
Moyo
Great Lyrebird amakhala kumadera a Victoria ndi New South Wales. Ndipo Albert Lyrebird ali ku Queensland.
Akazi a Lyrebird amafikira kukula kwa mita imodzi, zazikazi ndizochepa kwambiri kuposa zazimuna. Mtundu wa mbalame ndi bulauni, bere ndi m'mimba ndimvi.
Mbalame za ku Lyre nthawi yayitali moyo wawo zimakhala padziko lapansi, kupeza chakudya, kumasula masamba ndi kutulutsa timiyendo tawo. Amadyetsa kumaso, tizilombo, mbewu. Maluwa a Lyrebird amakonda nkhalango zowirira kapena zitsamba zowirira.
Pofuna kukopa chachikazi, yamphongo imapanga mulu wozungulira womwe umayimba - umayimba pafupifupi tsiku lonse, komanso kuvina ndikuwonetsa chokongoletsera chake chachikulu - mchira womasuka. Komanso, amuna amatsegula mchira wawo pamwamba pawo, pafupifupi kubisala pansi pake. Yaikazi imamanga chisa pansi kapena pamitengo ndikugwirira ana, nthawi zonse dzira limodzi lokha.
Maluwa a Lyrebird ndi mbalame zamanyazi zomwe zimabisala mwachangu ndikubisala m'malo obisika. Mutha kuwona mbalame mu ulemerero wake wonse ku Dandenong National Park, madera a Sydney ndi Melbourne, kapena malo osungira nyama m'mizinda ya Australia.
