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The western whipbird (''Psophodes nigrogularis'') is a passerine bird found in several scattered populations across southern Australia. It is predominantly olive green in colour. A slim bird some 21 – 25 cm in length, it is olive green with a black throat and a narrow white cheek-patch edged with black on its face. It has a small crest and a long dark olive-green tail tipped with white, its underparts are a paler olive colour. The bill is black with blackish feet. Juveniles are a duller olive-brown in colour and lack the white cheek stripes and dark throat. Breeding occurs in spring; a bowl of twigs and sticks lined with softer material such as grasses, located in shrubs or trees less than 1–2 m above the ground. A clutch of two eggs, pale blue with blackish splotches and spots, measuring 26 x 19 mm. Four subspecies are recognised, though one has been considered by some to have specific status as the mallee whipbird ''(P. leucogaster)''. All are under threat to some degree. *''P. n. lashmari'': ''(Rare)'' The Kangaroo Island subspecies is endemic to Kangaroo Island, being found in mallee there.〔Garnett. p160〕 *''P. n. leucogaster'': ''(Vulnerable)'' The Eastern mallee subspecies is found in scattered populations in mallee country on Northwestern Victoria and southern South Australia.〔Garnett. p161〕 *''P. n. nigrogularis'': ''(Endangered)'' The Western heath subspecies is now restricted to a small patch east of Albany, having disappeared from large parts of its range due to land clearance.〔Garnett. p158〕 *''P. n. oberon'': ''(Rare)'' The Western mallee subspecies is found in scattered populations between the Stirling Ranges and Ravensthorpe. It is apparently common in the Fitzgerald River National Park.〔Garnett. p159〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western whipbird」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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