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Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2008	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type	Australia	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	518,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1,800 km2	poor
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	13500 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2000
Population trend	stable	-	-	-
Generation length	2.91 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	4	-	-	-

Population justification: The combined total for the populations of each subspecies given in Garnett et al. (2011) is 13,500 mature individuals. The population is likely to be fluctuating locally owing to the impacts of wildfires (Garnett et al. 2011), and may be decreasing overall.

Trend justification: The population is likely to be fluctuating locally owing to the impacts of wildfires (Garnett et al. 2011), and may be decreasing overall.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Coffin Bay
Australia	Fitzgerald River
Australia	Kangaroo Island
Australia	Lake Magenta
Australia	Southern Yorke Peninsula
Australia	Stirling Range
Australia	Two Peoples Bay and Mount Manypeaks

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	major	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 390 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Unlikely to Return		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Past Impact
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation
Natural system modifications	Fire & fire suppression - Increase in fire frequency/intensity	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Causing/Could cause fluctuations		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/western-whipbird-psophodes-nigrogularis on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.