Chiming Wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis)
About the Chiming Wedgebill
The chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis), sometimes referred to as chiming whipbird, is a species of bird in the family Psophodidae. It is endemic to Australia. The chiming wedgebill and chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) used to be considered one species until as late as 1973, when they were separated due to marked differences in their calls. Its sound consists of 4-6 descending notes sounding like loud chimes, and the final note is underlined and interpreted as "did-you-get-drunk" or "sweet-kitty-Lintorf". There is nothing documented about the female and male producing the same sound. The chiming wedgebill is a monotypic species.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Australia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceusrecording
- White-bellied WhipbirdPsophodes leucogasterrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.