Chiming wedgebill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Psophodidae
Genus: Psophodes
Species:
P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Psophodes occidentalis
(Mathews, 1912)

The chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis), sometimes referred to as chiming whipbird, is a species of bird in the family Psophodidae. It is endemic to Australia. The chiming wedgebill and chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) were considered a single species until as late as 1973, when they were separated due to marked differences in their calls.[1]


The chiming wedgebill makes a cooing sound during mating.

References

  1. Boles, Walter.E. (1988). The Robins & Flycatchers of Australia. North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson Australia. pp. 217–220. ISBN 0-207-15400-7.
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