A Lyrebird is not a parrot so I wanted to post this in the General & Off Topic section. I'm just so amazed by the Lyrebird's ability to mimic that I wanted to share a video for anybody that hasn't heard of them. The sounds get really interesting after 2 minutes and just amazing after 2:30.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y&feature=related
Interestingly enough it's a very common belief that this video is a hoax and that the Lyrebird cannot mimic sounds more complicated than other bird's songs. After hearing some very impressive African Greys I find it hard to believe that this bird isn't capable of of such perfect mimicry.
For those forum members that live in Austrailia, have you ever heard or seen a Lyrebird before?