Biology:White-bellied whipbird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Psophodidae |
| Genus: | Psophodes |
| Species: | P. leucogaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Psophodes leucogaster Howe & Ross, JA, 1933
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The white-bellied whipbird (Psophodes leucogaster), also called the Mallee whipbird, is a species of bird in the family Psophodidae. It is endemic to southern Australia .
Taxonomy
The species was formerly considered as a subspecies of Psophodes nigrogularis, so shared the common name of "western whipbird". The Clements Checklist refers to this species with the common name western whipbird (white-bellied) to distinguish it from P. nigrogularis (black-throated).[1]
The white-bellied whipbird was described by the Australian ornithologists Frank Howe and John Ross in 1933.[2] It was split from the black-throated whipbird (formerly the western whipbird) based on a comparison of mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2017.[3]
Two subspecies are recognised:[4]
- P. l. leucogaster Howe & Ross, JA, 1933 – south central Australia
- P. l. lashmari Mason, IJ & Schodde, 1991 – Kangaroo Island
References
- ↑ "Clements Checklist: Updates & Corrections – August 2017 | Clements Checklist" (in en). Cornell University. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/updates-corrections-august-2017/. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ Howe, Frank Ernest; Ross, John Alexander (1933). "On the occurrence of Psophodes nigrogularis in Victoria". Emu 32 (3): 133–148 [147]. doi:10.1071/mu932133.
- ↑ Burbidge, A.H.; Joseph, L.; Toon, A.; White, L.C.; McGuire, A.; Austin, J.J. (2017). "A case for realigning species limits in the southern Australian whipbirds long recognised as the Western Whipbird (Psophodes nigrogularis)". Emu 117 (3): 254–263. doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1313685. https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_case_for_realigning_species_limits_in_the_southern_Australian_whipbirds_long_recognised_as_the_Western_Whipbird_i_Psophodes_nigrogularis_i_/4898063.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Australasian babblers, logrunners, satinbirds, painted berrypeckers, wattlebirds, whipbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/au_babblers/. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q21325131 entry
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