Genus Psophodes

 

Western Whipbird - A slim bird some 21 - 25 cm in length, it is olive green with a black throat and a narrow white cheek-patch edged with black on its face. It has a small crest and a long dark olive-green tail tipped with white, its underparts are a paler olive colour. The bill is black with blackish feet. Juveniles are a duller olive-brown in colour and lack the white cheek stripes and dark throat.

 

Chiming Wedgebill - The Chiming Wedgebill makes a cooing sound during mating.

 

Eastern Whipbird - The Eastern Whipbird was mistakenly described by John Latham as two separate species in 1802 from early colonial illustrations, first as the White-cheeked Crow , then as the Coachwhip Flycatcher .

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Eupetidae
Genus : Psophodes