The eastern whipbird is an insectivorous passerine bird native to the east coast of Australia. Its whip-crack song is a familiar sound in forests of eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Heard much more often than seen, it is dark olive-green and black in colour with a distinctive white cheek patch and a crest. The male and female are similar in plumage. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Latham, J 1801)
Reference:
Suppl. Indicis Orn.
Protonym:
C[orvus]. olivaceus
Type locality:
Australia ; restricted to New South Wales, ex Muscicapa crepitans Latham, ibid., p. 51.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/32/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
79107CE605306299
Avibase ID:
avibase-79107CE6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/79107CE6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562553
Geographic range:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Psophode à tête noire ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Psophode à tête noire ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Psophodes olivaceus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Psophodes olivaceus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Psophodes olivaceus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Eastern Whipbird ( Psophodes olivaceus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psophodes olivaceus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psophodes olivaceus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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