Editing Lyrebird (section)

===Breeding===
[[File:Superb Lyrebird mound dance.jpg|thumb|left|Superb lyrebird in courtship display]]

Lyrebirds are long-lived birds that can live as long as 30 years. They have long breeding cycles and start breeding later in life than other passerine birds. Female superb lyrebirds start breeding at the age of five or six, and males at the age of six to eight. Males defend territories from other males, and those territories may contain the breeding territories of up to eight females. Within the male territories, the males create or use display platforms; for the superb lyrebird, this is a mound of bare soil; for the Albert's lyrebird, it is a pile of twigs on the forest floor.<ref name = "HBW"/>

Male lyrebirds call mostly during winter, when they construct and maintain an open arena-mound in dense [[The Bush|bush]], on which they sing and dance<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dalziell |first1=Anastasia |last2=Peters |first2=Richard |last3=Cockburn |first3=Andrew |last4=Dorland |first4=Alexandra |last5=Maisey |first5=Alex |last6=Magrath |first6=Robert |title=Dance choreography is coordinated with song repertoire in a complex avian display |journal=Current Biology |year=2013 |volume=23 |issue=12 |pages=1132–1135|doi=10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.018 |pmid=23746637 |s2cid=1036613 |doi-access=free }}</ref> in an elaborate [[courtship display]] performed for potential mates, of which the male lyrebird has several. The strength, volume, and location of the nest built by the female lyrebird is dependent on the rainfall and predation during the nest building period. It is important for the nest to be water resistant and hidden in secluded areas so predators cannot attack. Once the nest is made in the preferred location, the female lyrebird lays a single [[Bird egg|egg]]. The egg is [[Avian incubation|incubated]] over 50 days solely by the female, and the female also fosters the chick alone.