ʻO ka manu lira a i ʻole lyrebird kekahi o nā manu kupaianaha loa ma ka honua. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o ka lyrebird ka hiki ke kope i nā kani a lākou e lohe ai me ka pololei kupaianaha. ʻO ka hiʻona lua o kēia manu he hiʻu ʻokoʻa a nani hoʻi. Loaʻa iā ia he 16 hulu. He ʻokoʻa ke kala o nā hulu ʻaoʻao ʻelua: ʻeleʻele ke kihi o ka hulu, a kokoke i ka hoʻomaka o ka hulu, lilo ke kala i beige. Ma nā wēlau, kūlou kēia mau hulu ʻelua e hana i lira (no laila ka inoa o kēia manu). Māmā nā hulu o ka huelo waena, ʻaneʻane keʻokeʻo. ʻO nā kāne wale nō ma mua o 7 mau makahiki hiki ke haʻaheo i kēlā huelo. ʻO ke koena o ke kino, koe wale no nā ʻeheu, ʻeleʻele i ka kala. ʻO kaʻeleʻele o ka hulu ma nā'ēheu he brown. ʻAʻohe huelo nani o nā wahine, akā hina ke kala i ka hina, e kōkua ai i nā camouflage i ka nahele.
ʻO ka genus o ka lyrebirds kahi ʻelua ʻano: ʻo ka lyrebird nui (manu lira nui) a me ka Albert lyrebird.
ʻO Lyrebirds ka diurnal. Piʻi nā manu i ka papa kiʻekiʻe no ka pō. ʻAʻole lele maikaʻi ka manu lira, akā naʻe, holo ʻoi aku ia me ka wikiwiki.
Kahi noho
He ʻōiwi ʻo Lyrebird no Australia. Loaʻa ia ma kahi ʻololī loa o kēia ʻāina. Mai ka ʻaoʻao hema o Victoria a i ka hikina hema ʻo Kuiniselani. Koho ʻo Lyrebird i nā ululāʻau eucalyptus mākū a me nā ululāʻau mahana. Ua lawe ʻia ʻo Lyrebirds i ka moku ʻo Tasmania.
He aha ka mea e ʻai ai
He mau wāwae ikaika ko Lyrebirds a me nā māiʻuʻu ʻoi. Hāleʻa lākou i kahi kapeta o nā lau i hina i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea kolo a me nā ʻūlū, nā mea e ʻai ai ka manu nui. ʻO nā kuhū, nā ʻano crustacea ʻāina ʻokoʻa (i loko o nā makika lāʻau) e komo pū i ka papaʻai o ka lyrebird. Hiki i nā Lyrebirds ke hoʻopili pū i nā ʻano hua i kā lākou papaʻai.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
I kekahi manawa i hala aku nei, aia ka manu lira ma lalo o ka hoʻoweliweli o ka make ʻana, akā ʻo nā ana i hana ʻia i hiki ai ke mālama i kēia ʻano kupaianaha.
ʻOiai ko lākou akahele i ka nāhelehele, ʻaʻole pale aku nā lyrebirds i nā hōʻeha mai nā felines a me nā ʻalopeke.
He mea hoʻoweliweli pū kekahi i kēia manu, no ka mea, hoʻonui mau ia i kona mau palena a luku i kona wahi maoli.
ʻIkepili Hoihoi
- Hoʻomaopopo hou ka lyrebird i nā leo o 20 manu me ka pololei kupaianaha. Me ka maʻalahi like, haʻi hou ka lyrebird i nā leo ʻē aʻe i lohe ʻia i ka nahele. ʻO kahi laʻana, ke kani o kahi kaulahao a kaʻa kaʻa paha (hana pinepine ʻia kēia kani e nā manu i mālama ʻia).
- ʻO Lyrebirds, me kā lākou akahele, aloha e paʻi kiʻi ʻia. ʻO ia ke kumu i aneane kūleʻa ai nā kiʻi a Lyrebird a pau. Hoʻohui ʻia, hiki i ka lyrebird ke hana hou i ke kani o ka pale o ka pahu paʻi kiʻi (nā digital a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni
- I ka wā o ka male ʻana, hana nā kāne lyrebirds i mau puʻu ma kahi o 15 kenimika kiʻekiʻe e ʻumeʻume i nā wahine. A laila lawe lākou i kahi, ma ka piko o kēia puʻu, e hoʻolei ana i kā lākou huelo i mua o ko lākou mau kua. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia hiki i ka lōʻihi o ka huelo ke hiki i 70 kenimika.
- ʻO Lyrebirds nā holoholona kahiko loa ma Australia. I kekahi o nā hale hōʻikeʻike Austrian, mālama ʻia nā koena o ka lyrebird ma kahi o 15 miliona mau makahiki.
- Haʻaheo ka silhouette o ka lyrebird i kahi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka dime o Australia.
