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Chiming wedgebill

Psophodes occidentalis (Mathews, 1912)

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The chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) is a species in the family Psophodidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 36.3 g to 43.3 g and reach 22 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the chiming wedgebill

Weight
36.3 g – 43.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
19 cm – 22 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the chiming wedgebill?

CHIMING WEDGEBILL · LENGTH 22 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 22 cm, the recorded maximum length of the chiming wedgebill is about 13% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the chiming wedgebill live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The chiming wedgebill is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the chiming wedgebill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis), sometimes referred to as chiming whipbird, is a species of bird in the family Psophodidae.

It is endemic to Australia. The chiming wedgebill and chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) used to be considered one species until as late as 1973, when they were separated due to marked differences in their calls. Its sound consists of 4-6 descending notes sounding like loud chimes, and the final note is underlined and interpreted as "did-you-get-drunk" or "sweet-kitty-Lintorf". There is nothing documented about the female and male producing the same sound.

From the Wikipedia article “Chiming wedgebill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiming_wedgebill&oldid=1380009255), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the chiming wedgebill endangered?

The chiming wedgebill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the chiming wedgebill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPsophodidae
  6. genusPsophodes
  7. SpeciesPsophodes occidentalis (Mathews, 1912)

Synonyms Sphenostoma cristatum occidentale, Sphenostoma occidentalis

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • fuet crestat occidentalCatalan
  • kosovec akáciovýCzech
  • aderyn clochog tincianWelsh
  • Vestlig KilenæbDanish
  • Vestaustralsk KilenæbDanish
  • GlockenflöterGerman
  • Chiming-WippflöterGerman
  • kariljona psofodoEsperanto
  • Zordala picocuña occidentalSpanish
  • lymypenkojaFinnish
  • helinätimaliFinnish
  • Psophode carillonneurFrench
  • ćubasti drozdCroatian
  • Becco a cuneo cembalistaItalian
  • ニシカンムリハシリチメドリJapanese
  • botagpaukštis varpininkasLithuanian
  • KlokraltimaliaDutch
  • KlokzwiepfluiterDutch
  • vestmulgatrostNorwegian
  • trzaskacz kurantowyPolish
  • bico-de-cunha-harmónicoPortuguese
  • bico-de-cunha-harmônicoPortuguese
  • bico-de-cunha-ocidentalPortuguese
  • Звонкая птица-бичRussian
  • plieskač zvonivýSlovak
  • Gugutava bičarkaSerbian
  • västkilnäbbSwedish
  • västlig kilnäbbSwedish
  • Boz KamçıkuşuTurkish
  • батіжник західнийUkrainian
  • 西啸冠鸫Chinese
  • 鳴唱鞭鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the chiming wedgebill

Other species in the same genus Psophodes.

CompareChiming wedgebill vs Eastern whipbirdChiming wedgebill vs Chirruping wedgebillChiming wedgebill vs Black-throated whipbird

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chiming wedgebill?

An adult chiming wedgebill weighs 36.3 g – 43.3 g and measures 19 cm – 22 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the chiming wedgebill live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the chiming wedgebill for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the chiming wedgebill endangered?

The chiming wedgebill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the chiming wedgebill?

The chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) belongs to the family Psophodidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{chiming_wedgebill_2026,
  title = {Chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chiming-wedgebill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}