Eastern Whipbird
Psophodes olivaceus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,041
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The eastern whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eastern whipbird”.