The Eastern Whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus, lives in eastern Australia. It is mostly known for its call which sounds like the cracking of a whip.
It lives in the forest and eats mostly insects.
The taxonomy of this birds and its close relatives is still debated and its placement may change in the near future.
Classification:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Eupetidae
Genus: Psophodes
Species: P. olivaceus
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Eastern Whipbird
Photo courtesy of MaxinAus
Eastern Whipbird
Photo courtesy of marj k
Eastern Whipbird - Immature
Psophodes olivaceus
Photo courtesy of Gerard31
Eastern Whipbird
"Still eluding my attempts at a neat capture."
Photo courtesy of aaardvaark
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MY GROWING PASSION: Superb Lyrebird
It included the calls of an Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius), an Eastern Whipbird (Psopodes olivaceus), an Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), a car alarm, the beep of an electronic car-key, and the frogs in the … Read more…
Megan’s Adventures Down Under: Sydney and the Blue Mountains …
… green catbird, cattle egret, Lewin’s honeyeater, logrunner, yellow-throated scrubwren, silvereye, brown treecreeper, eastern whipbird, tawny frogmouth, powerful owl, black-faced monarch, eastern shrike-tit, white’s ground-thrush, … Read more…
He gave me the chance to feed an Eastern Whipbird which is really rare as these birds are really shy apparently and you rarely get to see one so I’m honored. Back at the guest house, and so much more peaceful as it was a Monday and no … Read more…
for example, the highly distinctive whip-crack call of the eastern whipbird psophodes olivaceus is not included in the list of mimicry we can recognize today nor was it in the past. this is unusual in that superb lyrebirds elsewhere … Read more…
Function of pair duets in the eastern whipbird: cooperative …
Function of pair duets in the eastern whipbird: cooperative defense or sexual conflict? Amy C. Rogersa, Naomi E. Langmoreb and Raoul A. Muldera. a Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, … Read more…
heyfield birdwatchers - august ‘08
we hadn’t proceeded far before we had some pretty good ‘ticks’ – wedge-tailed eagle, satin bowerbird, lyrebird, crescent honeyeater, golden whistler, eastern spinebill, eastern whipbird, among them. the birds were quite prolific. … Read more…
February 12th, 2009 at 10:57 am
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