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Lyrebirdlab @lyrebirdlab

Researching #song and #dance of #lyrebirds across Australia

Joined September 2017
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Lyrebirdlab@lyrebirdlab
15 Jun 2022
New paper from @lyrebirdlab: Male superb #lyrebirds #mimic functionally distinct heterospecific vocalizations during different modes of sexual display #Wildoz 🎶 In Animal Behaviour: tinyurl.com/2ftjd7fc w/ppl from @UOW_CSES @CornellBirds @EcoEvo_ANU @AnimalEcoLab @westsyduhie
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New paper on the musical #dance of the Albert's #lyrebird. #birdsong journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…… @fiona_backhouse @AnimalEcoLab @BW_Robinson

Performative Manipulation of the Environment by Displaying Albert’s Lyrebirds | The American...

AbstractWhere dramatic sexual displays are involved in attracting a mate, individuals can enhance their performances by manipulating their physical environment. Typically, individuals alter their...

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Dan Baldassarre@evornithology
28 Mar 2024
Simply incredible new work from @fiona_backhouse and @lyrebirdlab. Albert's Lyrebirds rhythmically shake the vegetation on their courtship platform, synchronizing the movement with their vocalizations to enhance the performance! 🤯 doi.org/10.1086/730523 🎥 Fiona Backhouse
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Ann Jones@jones_ann
22 Aug 2023
This was a seriously cool day with @ljgonsalves85 and you can see what we were doing sloshing around in Sydney Harbour with binoculars tonight at 8.30 on @ABCaustralia tv and iview.
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bioGraphic@bioGraphic
17 Aug 2023
“If females aren’t using mimicry to attract mates, then how does it evolve?” Join @avianbehaviour and the @LyrebirdLab in Australia’s Blue Mountains in search of one of the world’s greatest mimics: bit.ly/3OHrb2c ✍️ @CarlyCassella 📷 @MeghanGLindsay
A juvenile lyrebird poking its head out from behind a tree.

ALT A juvenile lyrebird poking its head out from behind a tree.

Ecologist Vicky Austin stops to listen for lyrebirds in Birdwood Gully in Australia's Blue Mountains.

ALT Ecologist Vicky Austin stops to listen for lyrebirds in Birdwood Gully in Australia's Blue Mountains.

A grove of tree ferns in Sherbrooke Forest.

ALT A grove of tree ferns in Sherbrooke Forest.

A female lyrebird in Sherbrooke Forest.

ALT A female lyrebird in Sherbrooke Forest.
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#ABCscience is having a #lyrebird song and dance extravaganza for #scienceweek! abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/l… For more on the science of lyrebird song and dance see lyrebirdlab.org/publications including (thread):

'This is how they learn': Rare footage captures a lyrebird singing lesson

Lyrebird calls echo through the forests of south-east Australia. But the passing of these songs from one generation to another is at risk.

abc.net.au
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Cultural depletion of lyrebird mimetic song onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Depleted cultural richness of an avian vocal mimic in fragmented habitat

Aim Conservation has recently shifted to include behavioural or cultural diversity, adding substantial value to conservation efforts. Habitat loss and fragmentation can deplete diversity in learnt...

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@Jones_ann @alexcmaisey @fiona_backhouse @AnimalEcoLab @westsyduhie
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Female superb lyrebirds spotlighted beautifully by @CarlyCassella and @MeghanGLindsay in @bioGraphic here: biographic.com/call-of-the-l… Also with @avianbehaviour @alexcmaisey @LyrebirdLab @femalebirdsong @DaveGammonBio

Call of the Liar - bioGraphic

Researchers have long assumed that only male birds sing. But evidence increasingly shows that females do as well. Now, scientists are studying a sensational singer in Australia to suss out why.

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Ann Jones@jones_ann
10 Aug 2023
TOP TEN ANNOUNCED abc.net.au/news/science/2023…

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Ann Jones@jones_ann
8 Aug 2023
Get the diaries out sound nerds!
Leroy Gonsalves@ljgonsalves85
8 Aug 2023
Just in time for Science Week! @jones_ann explores how sound is made, what messages it carries and how humans are harnessing its power. Watch The Soundtrack of Australia: Part 1 on Tues 15 Aug, 8:30pm at ABC TV or stream on ABC iview. #ABCCatalyst
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Dr. Vicky Austin@avianbehaviour
14 Jul 2023
Our new paper is out in @Amornith! We now know that "Preferred nesting habitat of the slow-breeding Superb #Lyrebird is rare and was disproportionately impacted by Australia’s “Black Summer” #megafires (2019–2020).." academic.oup.com/condor/adva…. Congratulations @lyrebirdlab
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Royal Society Publishing
@RSocPublishing
28 Dec 2022
One of #ProcB's Best Performing papers 'Higher-order sequences of vocal #mimicry performed by male Albert's #lyrebirds are socially transmitted and enhance acoustic contrast ow.ly/ri4j50K2a73 #AnimalBehaviour
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A fun and skilful piece on vocal mimicry by @KatherineJWu theatlantic.com/science/arch… with @lauraakelley @SahasBarve @DaveGammonBio @Mairenn_C @EvolutionPirate @SakataJon, Tom Flower and lots of excellent mimics

You’ve Almost Certainly Been Duped by a Bird

The world’s best vocal mimics put human talents to shame.

theatlantic.com
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Fiona Backhouse@fiona_backhouse
31 Oct 2022
Excited (and saddened?) to share a new study with @lyrebirdlab linking cultural diversity in the Albert's #lyrebird to #habitatfragmentation. Individuals with less habitat availability mimic fewer species, despite most species occurring in all study sites. doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13646
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Congratulations Dr Austin! A brilliant achievement!
Dr. Vicky Austin@avianbehaviour
16 Sep 2022
I became Doctor Austin today... 6 years... A thesis, first author pubs, early mornings, late nights, a Fulbright Scholarship, documentaries, podcasts, AND, a knee reconstruction, a house, a dog, a baby. Life doesn't stop for a PhD. What a ride! Thank you @lyrebirdlab! #PhDone
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Nicola Hanrahan@nicci_hanrahan
25 Aug 2022
The ghost bat is a charismatic species that uses #batchat regularly as part of complex social interactions inc. mating attempts, resource defence and appeasement behaviours. Check out our new paper just published in Acta Chiropterologica: tinyurl.com/gbethogram
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Eliane McCarthy@ElieDoesEcology
8 Aug 2022
Come help me hike around the alps, collaring deer and servicing cameras!
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ISBE 2022@ISBE2022
2 Aug 2022
#ISBE2022 may be over but you have 2 years to collect new exciting data for @ISBE2024 Save the date!
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Dan Mennill@DMennill
13 Jul 2022
Our new paper: “Cumulative cultural evolution and mechanisms for cultural selection in wild bird songs”. Open access in @NatureComms: rdcu.be/cRr5x Led by Heather Williams with her students @WilliamsCollege & our collaborative research team. Here’s the story... [1/8]
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