Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae)
Western Bristlebird (Dasyornis longirostris) - HBW 12, p. 541
French: Dasyorne à long bec
German: Langschnabel-Lackvogel
Spanish: Picocerdas Occidental
Other common names: Long-billed/Brown/Western Australian Bristlebird
Taxonomy: Dasyornis longirostris Gould, 1841, Swan River = King George Sound, Western Australia.
In past, sometimes treated as conspecific with D. brachypterus, but differs significantly in plumage and voice. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal SW Western Australia between Two Peoples Bay and Waychinicup, and in Fitzgerald River National Park. Small translocated population near Walpole (W of Albany) may now be extinct.
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singing from near to the top of a bush Locality Waychinicup National Park, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 4 February 2011 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
singing from low perch Locality Waychinicup National Park, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 4 February 2011 2 years ago 25 sec 3.7 -
singing from low (nearly exposed) perch Locality Waychinicup National Park, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 4 February 2011 2 years ago 29 sec 3.3 -
A distant bird perched on a dry trunk Locality Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 4 years ago 9 sec 2.9
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An individual singing. Locality Waychinicup National Park, Western Australia, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 4 February 2011 22 weeks ago 5
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