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Scientists have closely analyzed and quantitatively described this behavior among lyrebirds in the wild, work now published in The American Naturalist.

Then, you can hear a single male lyrebird give a nearly pitch-perfect imitation of the mob’s coos and clucks.

This collection captures the five-octave range of the lyrebird via a mutating mélange of melodies, trills, clicks, squeaks, warbles and staccato bursts.

During past fires, we’ve seen some really surprising creative behaviours, like lyrebirds and wallabies going down wombat burrows to escape fire.

Some lyrebirds in eastern Australia sing a tune their ancestors may have learned from a settler’s flute nearly a century ago.