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===Species=== Two species of lyrebird are extant: {{Species table |genus= Menura |authority-name= [[John Latham (ornithologist)|Latham]] |authority-year= 1801|species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}} {{Species table/row |name=Superb lyrebird called ''weringerong'', ''woorail'', and ''bulln-bulln'' in [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Aboriginal languages]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Reed |first=A.W. |author-link=Alexander Wyclif Reed |title=Aboriginal Words of Australia |pages=17; 34 |year=1998 |publisher=New Holland |location=Chatswood, NSW |isbn=978-1-876334-16-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJrICbfAmJ0C|access-date=3 October 2011 }}</ref> |binomial=[[Menura novaehollandiae]] |image=File:Superb lyrbird in scrub.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Latham|authority-year= 1801 |authority-not-original= |range= south-eastern Australia, from southern Victoria to south-eastern Queensland |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size=one of the world's largest songbirds, and is noted for its elaborate tail and excellent mimicry |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on |''M. n. edwardi'' |''M. n. novaehollandiae'' |''M. n. victoriae'' }} }} {{Species table/row |name=Albert's lyrebird or Northern lyrebird|binomial=[[Menura alberti]] |image=File:Albert's lyrebird.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Bonaparte |authority-year=1850 |authority-not-original= |range= between New South Wales and Queensland, Australia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size=Named in honour of [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Albert]], the husband of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/end}}
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