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| Photographed at Cheyne's Beach (WA) November 2016 |
934 WESTERN WHIPBIRD Psophodes nigrogularis
AUSTRALIA (655)
Also known as Black-throated or Mallee Whipcord. 20-26 cm. Found in dense unburned thickets of low eucalypt: mallee, banksia, acacia, tea-tree, coastal heath; broome honeymyrtle, tall spinifex. Distribution: four subspecies in small fragmented pockets from s WA to s SA-w Victoria, reduced by clearing, burning; rare and endangered.
