Did you know there are Lyrebirds in the Tweed?

24 May 2023

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

Council kicked off its Lowland Lyrebird Links project in 2019 to help conserve the species and increase the extent, condition and connectivity of Albert's Lyrebird habitat.

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

Council is asking the community to listen for the call of the Albert’s Lyrebird this May and June as part of its 8- year project to protect and map where the lyrebirds are in the Tweed.

By providing citizen science data you can help with this 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. You will need to get up early for their dawn chorus on a chilly winter morning, but it’s well worth it.

Conserving these rare birds is one of the ways Council is working to protect the Tweed’s internationally significant environment for future generations.

This project has been funded by the NSW Government’s 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.

Image: A rare sight! An Albert’s Lyrebird captured on camera recently in south-east Queensland. Credit: Marama Hopkins.