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Which South Australian bird can imitate the sound of a chainsaw?

Question #150278. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Dec 14 2023.
Originally posted Dec 08 2023 9:08 PM.

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The superb lyrebird.

Ground-dwelling lyrebirds have an impressive ability to mimic sounds from their environment: be they natural or artificial.
Lyrebirds render with great fidelity the individual songs of other birds and the chatter of flocks of birds, and also mimic other animals such as possums, koalas and dingoes. Lyrebirds have been recorded mimicking human sounds such as a mill whistle, a cross-cut saw, chainsaws, car engines and car alarms, fire alarms, rifle-shots, camera shutters, dogs barking, crying babies, music, mobile phone ring tones, and even the human voice. However, while the mimicry of human noises is widely reported, the extent to which it happens is exaggerated and the phenomenon is unusual. In fact, this behaviour has to date been documented only in captive specimens. Parts of the lyrebird's own song can resemble human-made sound effects, which has given rise to the urban legend that they frequently imitate video game or film sounds.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird

link https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20140416-an-australian-bird-that-mimics-the-sound-of-a-chainsaw

Response last updated by psnz on Dec 08 2023.
Dec 08 2023, 9:09 PM
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Chainsaw? Here is a lyrebird mimicking an entire construction site. Amazing.

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ZffIh0-NA&t=61s

Dec 14 2023, 4:43 PM
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