PASSERIFORMES: Eupetidae

Psophodes olivaceus  

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
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© Geoff Walker 2010
Mount Glorious, QLD (Nov, 2010)

I was so surprised when this whipbird jumped up in front of me that I got off one photo and missed the tail in the composition.

The bird was surprised by me and was gone in a flash with a prized bit of food in the tip of his beak.

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Juvenile Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Juvenile Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Juvenile Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird just after a bath

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Juvenile Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

Eastern Whipbird