LISTEN FOR LYREBIRDS IN TWEED

In the lead up to winter, one of the Tweed’s rarest birds is in the spotlight – the Albert’s Lyrebird.

Tweed Shire Council launched its Lowland Lyrebird Links project in 2019 to help conserve the species and increase the condition and connectivity of Albert’s Lyrebird habitat.

Albert’s Lyrebird are mostly a ground-dwelling bird that can only be found within a small area of far south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern NSW.

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The community are asked to listen for the call of the Albert’s Lyrebird in May and June as part of Tweed Shire Council’s eight-year project to protect and map where the lyrebirds are in the Tweed.

Citizen science data can help with the local threatened species’ survival.

Albert’s Lyrebirds are much more often heard than seen.

Their calls can be heard echoing through the gullies of the last remaining pockets of lowland rainforest in the Tweed.

Their dawn chorus can be heard on winter mornings.

Lowland Lyrebird Links project has been funded by the NSW Environmental Trust Saving Our Species Contestable Grants program.

Join the ‘Listening for Lyrebirds’ project on the iNaturalist website or app to record your observations.

More information on the project, how to listen for Lyrebirds, and examples of their calls can be found on Council’s website.