Lyre Bird - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition lyre-bird

Definition :

Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and when spread arranged in the form of a lyre The common lyre bird Menura superba inhabiting New South Wales is about the size of a grouse Its general color is brown with rufous color on the throat wings tail coverts and tail Called also lyre pheasant and lyre tail