Listen to the eastern whipbird
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About the eastern whipbird
The eastern whipbird is a bird in the family Cinclosomatidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 68 g.
What does the eastern whipbird sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call…. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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 black crest. The male and female are similar in plumage.
Frequently asked questions
What does an eastern whipbird sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the eastern whipbird on this page, including its call…. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the eastern whipbird endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the eastern whipbird as “least concern”.
What family does the eastern whipbird belong to?
The eastern whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) belongs to the family Cinclosomatidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Psophodes olivaceus - Eastern Whipbird by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Sonus naturalis - Soundscape by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Sonus naturalis - Soundscape by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Sonus naturalis - Soundscape by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q898027 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eastern whipbird – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by chujoslaw – CC BY-SA 4.0