Editing Lyrebird (section)

===Diet and feeding===
[[File:Albert's Lyrebird OR.ogv|thumb|Albert's lyrebird]]

Lyrebirds feed on the ground and as individuals. A range of invertebrate prey is taken, including [[insect]]s such as [[cockroach]]es, [[beetle]]s (both adults and larvae), [[earwigs]], fly larvae, and the adults and larvae of moths. Other prey taken includes [[centipede]]s, [[spider]]s, [[earthworm]]s. Less commonly taken prey includes stick insects, bugs, [[amphipod]]s, [[lizard]]s, frogs and occasionally, [[seed]]s. They find food by scratching with their feet through the [[leaf]]-litter.<ref name = "HBW"/>

Mixing and aerating soil and leaf litter while scratching for food amounts to a form of ecosystem engineering, or farming; foraging by superb lyrebirds has been shown to thus create microhabitats which nurture larger and more abundant prey.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maisey |first=Alex C. |last2=Haslem |first2=Angie |last3=Bennett |first3=Andrew F. |date=March 4, 2025 |title=Foraging activity by an ecosystem engineer, the superb lyrebird, ‘farms’ its invertebrate prey |url=https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70009 |journal=Journal of Animal Ecology |language= |volume= |issue= |doi=10.1111/1365-2656.70009 |issn=1365-2656|doi-access=free |pmc=12056342 }}</ref> This activity also improves forest health by burying potential wildfire fuel and by measurably increasing the diversity of invertebrates.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ortiz |first=Cristina |date=2025-03-10 |title=Australian lyrebirds have a hidden skill for farming |url=https://earthsky.org/earth/australian-lyrebirds-farming-skill-little-draw-in-prey/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=earthsky.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Such positive effects cover millions of hectares of land.<ref>{{Cite web |last=La Trobe University |first= |date=March 2025 |title=Iconic lyrebird reveals hidden farming talent |url=https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2025/release/iconic-australian-bird-reveals-hidden-farming-tale |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=www.latrobe.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>