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Chirruping wedgebill

Psophodes cristatus (Gould, 1838)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) is a species in the family Psophodidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 39.1 g to 42.4 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus)
Photo: Peter Jacobs from Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chirruping wedgebill

Weight
39.1 g – 42.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.45src 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

Where does the chirruping 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 chirruping 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the chirruping wedgebill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) is a medium-sized member of the genus Psophodes, which consists or four to five songbirds endemic to Australia. Commonly found in low shrublands in south-eastern inland Australia, the species is distinguished by its distinctive, chirruping call. The chirruping wedgebill and chiming wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) were considered to be a single species until as late as 1973, when they were separated due to marked differences in their calls.

From the Wikipedia article “Chirruping wedgebill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chirruping_wedgebill&oldid=1379733817), 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 chirruping wedgebill endangered?

The chirruping 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. What the categories mean.

How is the chirruping wedgebill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPsophodidae
  6. genusPsophodes
  7. SpeciesPsophodes cristatus (Gould, 1838)

Synonyms Sphenostoma cristatum

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • fuet crestat orientalCatalan
  • kosovec pokřovníCzech
  • Østlig KilenæbDanish
  • Østaustralsk KilenæbDanish
  • BuschflöterGerman
  • ĉirpanta psofodoEsperanto
  • Zordala picocuña orientalSpanish
  • kuorotimaliFinnish
  • duettopenkojaFinnish
  • Psophode babillardFrench
  • krunati drozdCroatian
  • csattogó madárHungarian
  • Becco a cuneo cinguettanteItalian
  • カンムリハシリチメドリJapanese
  • čirpiantysis botagpaukštisLithuanian
  • StruikraltimaliaDutch
  • StruikzwiepfluiterDutch
  • østmulgatrostNorwegian
  • trzaskacz czubatyPolish
  • bico-de-cunha-orientalPortuguese
  • bico-de-cunha-chilreadorPortuguese
  • Хохлатая птица-бичRussian
  • Кустарниковый флейтистRussian
  • plieskač štebotavýSlovak
  • Treperava bičarkaSerbian
  • eyrekilnäbbSwedish
  • Düetçi Boz KamçıkuşuTurkish
  • батіжник світлочубийUkrainian
  • 东啸冠鸫Chinese
  • 吵雜鞭鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the chirruping wedgebill

Other species in the same genus Psophodes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chirruping wedgebill?

An adult chirruping wedgebill weighs 39.1 g – 42.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the chirruping wedgebill live?

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

Is the chirruping wedgebill endangered?

The chirruping 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 chirruping wedgebill?

The chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) belongs to the family Psophodidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{chirruping_wedgebill_2026,
  title = {Chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chirruping-wedgebill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}