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Eastern Whipbird

Psophodes olivaceus · Family Psophodidae

Psophodes olivaceus

Family Psophodidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Psophodidae
GBIF occurrence records
453,050
Countries and territories with records
4
Eastern Whipbird
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About this species

This species has 453,050 occurrence records from 4 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.41% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Psophodes olivaceus combines the genus name Psophodes with the species epithet olivaceus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Psophodes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Psophodes cristatus, Psophodes occidentalis and Psophodes nigrogularis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 17 species of the family Psophodidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 14.2 times the family average (31,977). The family Psophodidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the order Passeriformes

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