Jewel-babblers and allies (Eupetidae)
Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) - HBW 12, p. 372
French: Psophode babillard
German: Buschflöter
Spanish: Zordala Picocuña Oriental
Other common names: Eastern Wedgebill; (Crested) Wedgebill (when treated as conspecific with P. occidentalis)
Taxonomy: Sphenostoma cristatum Gould, 1838, New South Wales, Australia.
Formerly considered conspecific with P. occidentalis and placed in the monotypic genus Sphenostoma; morphologically very similar to aforementioned species, but differs markedly in vocalizations. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Northern Territory, SW Queensland, NE South Australia and NW New South Wales.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds feeding on the ground Locality Carpet Springs, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1995 7 years ago 41 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a bush and flying away, and it feeding on the ground Locality Carpet Springs, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1995 7 years ago 16 sec 2.7 -
Bird in top of bush - phone scoped Locality Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 19 August 2008 2 years ago 31 sec 2.3
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A bird perched
Locality Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 15 March 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Perched on a bush
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 14 August 2011 33 weeks ago 3.5 -
Perched on top of a bush
Locality Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 23 May 2008 1 year ago 3.4
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Bird singing from a bush Locality Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 7 March 2010 2 years ago 4
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