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PSOPHODIDAE - Whipbirds and Wedgebills1 (2:5)
ANDROPHOBUS E. Hartert & Paludan, 1934 M - Androphilus viridis Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1911; type by original designation and monotypy   
Androphobus viridis   (Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1911) Papuan Whipbird
vMontane WC New Guinea (Kobowre Mts. to Maoke Mts.)
PSOPHODES Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 M - Muscicapa crepitans Latham, 1801; type by monotypy = Corvus olivaceus Latham, 1801  2
Psophodes olivaceus Eastern Whipbird
lateralis North, 1897 vNE Queensland
olivaceus (Latham, 1801)3,4,5 αvEC to SE Australia
Psophodes nigrogularis6 Western Whipbird
oberon Schodde & Mason, 1991 SW Western Australia (mallee regions) [Schodde, 1991 #3518]
nigrogularis Gould, 1844 vSW Western Australia (far SW coast)
leucogaster F.E. Howe & Ross, 19337 SC and SE South Australia, NW Victoria
lashmari Schodde & Mason, 1991 Kangaroo I. (off South Australia) [Schodde, 1991 #3518]
Psophodes cristatus   (Gould, 1838) Chirruping Wedgebill
vExtreme SE Northern Territory, SW Queensland, NW New South Wales and NE South Australia
Psophodes occidentalis 8  (Mathews, 1912) Chiming Wedgebill
vW Western Australia to S Northern Territory and NW South Australia

1 For separation of this family from the Eupetidae and Cinclosomatidae see Norman et al. (2009) [Norman, 2009 #11907], Jønsson et al. (2011) [Jønsson, 2011 #12727] and Aggerbeck et al. (2014) [Aggerbeck, 2014 #15380].
2 We now follow Ford (1971) [Ford, 1971 #1576] in submerging Sphenostoma in Psophodes. See also Toon et al. (2013) [Toon, 2013 #15251].
3 Includes magnirostris; see Schodde & Mason (1999) [Schodde, 1999 #3524]. But see Deignan (1964) [Deignan, 1964 #1248].
4 Name conserved; see Opinion 2240 (I.C.Z.N., 2009) [I.C.Z.N., 2009 #12281].
5 For reasons to revert to 1801 and not use 1802 see Schodde et al. (2010) [Schodde, 2010 #12422].
6 Broad species treatment restored following Christidis & Boles (2008) [Christidis, 2008 #11602] and Toon et al. (2013) [Toon, 2013 #15251]. But see Schodde & Mason (1999) [Schodde, 1999 #3524].
7 Includes pondalowiensis; see Schodde & Mason (1991) [Schodde, 1991 #3518]; identity of population on southern Eyre Pen. unclear.
8 For recognition of this species as distinct from P. cristatus see Ford (1987) [Ford, 1987 #1585].
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