Family
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
Psophodidae
4 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
Psophodidae is a family of passerine birds native to Australia and nearby areas. It has a complicated taxonomic history and different authors vary in which birds they include in the family. In the strictest sense, it includes only the five or six species of whipbirds and wedgebills (Psophodes and Androphobus), but some authors also include the quail-thrushes (Cinclosoma), eight species of ground-dwelling birds found in Australia and New Guinea, and the jewel-babblers (Ptilorrhoa), three or four species found in rainforest in New Guinea.
Species in this family
- Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus
- Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis
- Chiming Wedgebill Psophodes occidentalis
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus