They live in rainforests and climb through the rainforest canopy at night in search for fruit and leaves. The Lyrebird can imitate twenty bird calls. The shy male bird displays his beautiful and colourful lyre-shaped tail as he performs his act of mimicking. It is a spectacular display. When he is not using his fine and loud voice, he looks for worms, snails and insects for food.
Lyrebirds breed in the middle of winter, when the food is most readily available.
A single egg is laid. It is a purplish-brown, blotched with darker brown and grey. The egg takes six weeks to hatch and the chick is in the nest for another six weeks.