Chiming Wedgebill

Psophodes occidentalis ‡

Bon Bon Protected Area, EC SA IMG_1698 20241013

Notes: Plain coloured, dumpy w. long thin forward-curving crest, short wedge-shaped bill. Very
similar to Chirruping Wedgebill but songs differ markedly. Less contrast crown to crest. Longer
broad white tips to outer tail feathers. Both sexes share 4–6 loud descending chiming notes.
Very wary. Sedentary. In tall scrub of Acacia, Melaleuca, broombush; often near claypans.

Range from Morcombe©