WHAT DOES MOCK WHIPBIRD MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of mock whipbird in the English dictionary
The definition of mock whipbird in the dictionary is an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family.
6 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOCK WHIPBIRD»
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
... Northern Thickhead or Whistler, for the same race, still recognised at species
level by RAOU (1913); Echong, Joey-joey, Mock Whipbird, Ring Coachman,
Coachwhip-bird, all for the whip-like contact call (it has a legendary repertoire of
calls) ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
2
Wildlife on Farms: How to Conserve Native Animals
Other common names: Rufous-breasted whistler, rufous-breasted thickhead,
echong, mock whipbird, thunderbird. Similar-looking species: Golden whistler,
grey shrike-thrush. Voice: Whipcrack 'ee-chong-chit' followed by 'joey-joey-joey'.
3
Country Australia: The Land and the People
The widespread and unrelated Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rvfiventris (160-
170 mm) is sometimes called the Mock Whipbird because of the explosive last
syllable of the male's song. WILD WHITE MEN Of all the white men who lived
among ...
4
Native Birds of Australia
Found in open timbered country particularly where there are large fallen
branches. Rufous Whistler (Rufous-breasted Thickhead, Little Thrush, Mock
Whipbird, Thunderbird, Ring Coachman) Pachycephalia rufiventris Description: A
robust bird, ...
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The New Encyclopaedia Britannica
The ntfous whistler (P. rufiventris), common throughout Australia and in New
Guinea and nearby islands, is also called echong, alter its song, and mock
whipbird. thickknee, also called srourz curtuaw, any of numerous shorebirds that
constitute ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, 1998
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The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia
The rufous whistler (P. rufiventris), common throughput Australia and in New
Guinea and nearby islands, is also called echong, after its song, and mock
whipbird. thickknee, also called STONE CURLEW, any of numerous shorebirds
that ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, 1993
