{"id":13340,"date":"2022-01-20T14:13:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T03:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/?p=13340"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:25:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T07:25:40","slug":"whipbirds-natures-maracas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/whipbirds-natures-maracas\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Whipbird \u2013 Nature\u2019s Maracas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) is an insectivorous passerine bird native to the east coast of Australia. A member of the family Psophodidae, it belongs to the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species in the world, and the superfamily Sylvioidea. Eastern Whipbirds are notable among songbirds for their group breeding behaviour \u2013 females lay two eggs in each clutch, and several females may lay their eggs in one nest.<\/p>\n

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Whipbirds \u2013 Nature\u2019s Maracas<\/strong>
\nWhen you think of Australia, you probably don\u2019t think of birds. Yet while kangaroos and koalas get all the attention, there are over 700 species of bird in Australia alone. One that has been known to be one of nature\u2019s best-kept secrets is called a Whipbird which can be found throughout the Blue Mountains.<\/p>\n

Eastern Whipbirds Are Outstanding Songsters<\/strong>
\nThe eastern Whipbird is an insectivorous passerine bird native to the east coast of Australia. Its whip-crack song is a familiar sound in forests of eastern Australia. Heard much more often than seen, it is dark olive-green and black in colour with a distinctive white cheek patch and a crest. This secretive species lives and nests in small holes, concealed by dense shrubbery or vegetation growth close to rainforest gullies.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/XC628844-Eastern-Whipbird-Psophodes-olivaceus-olivaceus.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Origin of the name Whipbird<\/strong>
\nThe earliest record of an unusual name for a bird is from 1629 in a publication by English naturalist and herbalist John Parkinson, Paradisi in Sole, Paradisus Terrestris. The name appears to have been derived from its call which was described as a whip-poor-will (Whip-poor-will refers to nightjar and not Whipbird) or twhip noise and would appear to be based on sound alone. It was later Anglicised to Whipbird and other forms such as whippoorwill may also have been derived from it. All names are thought to be versions of some imitative word such as witchety, another small insectivorous nocturnal bird found in Australia that has a very distinctive call.<\/p>\n

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