The Fanciest Bird in the World: Superb Lyrebird

This guy really shakes his tail feathers (his song is impressive too). More at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Fancy Males interactive feature: What’s happening: The male Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) puts the many ways to be fancy together in dazzling fashion. On a carefully cleared patch of the forest floor, he begins the courtship display by fanning elaborate tail plumes over his head and quivering them to achieve a shimmerin