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by helph67 1006 days ago
"Up to 80% of the Superb Lyrebird’s song consists of mimicry, and it’s not unusual for an individual male lyrebird to have mastered the calls of 20-25 species of bird." https://wildambience.com/wildlife-sounds/superb-lyrebird/
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This video is of Nova, a lyrebird at the Adelaide Zoo. There's kookaburra, magpie, whipbird, and various other imitations in there, and she likes to throw in a camera shutter click every now and then as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgTyEneo8hA

There's lyrebird around my friend's parents house that imitates a chainsaw.
The R2D2 bird
Yup, That Death Starling should be in the sequels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30uQJcJNU3g