Psophodes

Eastern whipbird Psophodes olivaceus, copyright David Cook.

Belongs within: Orioloidea.

Psophodes, whipbirds and wedgebills, is an Australian genus of insectivorous birds with a stout bill and erectile crest.

<==Psophodes Vigors & Horsfield 1827B94
    |--P. crepitansN87
    |--P. cristatusM03
    |--P. leucogasterAP21 [=P. nigrogularis leucogasterM03]
    |--P. nigrogularis Gould 1844WS48
    |    |--P. n. nigrogularis [incl. P. nigrogularis pallida Mathews 1916]WS48
    |    |--P. n. lashmariM03
    |    `--P. n. oberonM03
    |--P. occidentalisM03
    `--P. olivaceusM03
         |--P. o. olivaceusM03
         `--P. o. lateralisM03

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.

[N87] North, A. J. 1887. List of references to authentic descriptions of Australian birds’ eggs. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (4): 1163–1174.

[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.

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