| Albert's lyrebird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Menuridae |
| Genus: | Menura |
| Species: | M. alberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Menura alberti | |
Albert's lyrebird (Menura alberti), also known as Northern lyrebird, is a timid, pheasant-sized songbird which is endemic to subtropical rainforests of Australia, in a small area on the state border between New South Wales and Queensland. The rarer of the two species of lyrebirds, Albert's lyrebird is named after Prince Albert, the prince consort of Queen Victoria, queen of the United Kingdom. It lacks the elegant lyre-shaped tail feathers of the superb lyrebird and is found in a much more restricted range.
The total population of Albert's lyrebirds was estimated at only 3,500 breeding birds in 2000, with one of the smallest distributional ranges of any bird on the continent.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2022). "Menura alberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22703602A211026613. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22703602A211026613.en.
- ^ Bonaparte, 1850. Menura alberti (protonym). Conspectus Generum Avium, 1, p. 215. BHL