Psophodes
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Psophodes is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of four, or possibly five, species of songbird
Songbird
A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds . Another name that is sometimes seen as scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin oscen, "a songbird"...

s endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, known as whipbirds and wedgebills.

Species

  • Eastern Whipbird
    Eastern Whipbird
    The Eastern Whipbird is an insectivorous passerine bird native to the east coast of Australia, its whip-crack call a familiar sound in forests of eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Heard much more often than seen, it is a dark olive-green and black in colour with a distinctive white...

    , Psophodes olivaceus
  • Western Whipbird
    Western Whipbird
    The Western Whipbird is a passerine bird found in several scattered populations across southern Australia. It is predominantly olive green in colour....

    , Psophodes nigrogularis
    • Mallee Whipbird, Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster or P. leucogaster
  • Chiming Wedgebill
    Chiming Wedgebill
    The Chiming Wedgebill is a species of bird in the Cinclosomatidae family.It is endemic to Australia.The Chiming Wedgebill makes a cooing sound during mating.-References:...

    , Psophodes occidentalis
  • Chirruping Wedgebill
    Chirruping Wedgebill
    The Chirruping Wedgebill is a species of bird in the Cinclosomatidae family.It is endemic to Australia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....

    , Psophodes cristatus
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