Passeriformes

Lyrebirds (Menuridae)

HBW 9, p. 484 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 9 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Large, mainly ground-dwelling birds with short, rounded wings, long legs and a long tail.
• Eastern Australia.
• Mostly moist forest with dense understorey and some bare areas.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 4 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.