Chirruping wedgebill

Chirruping wedgebill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Psophodidae
Genus: Psophodes
Species:
P. cristatus
Binomial name
Psophodes cristatus
(Gould, 1838)

The chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) is a medium-sized member of the genus Psophodes, which consists or four to five songbirds endemic to Australia.[2] Commonly found in low shrublands in south-eastern inland Australia,[3] the species is distinguished by its distinctive, chirruping call.[3] The chirruping wedgebill and chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) were considered to be a single species until as late as 1973, when they were separated due to marked differences in their calls.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Psophodes cristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22705339A118693539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705339A118693539.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Del Hoyo, J; Elliot, A; Christie, D (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World: Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2.
  3. ^ a b c Boles, Walter.E. (1988). The Robins & Flycatchers of Australia. North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson Australia. pp. 217–220. ISBN 0-207-15400-7.